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Shararat (General Movie ,2001)  Starring
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Synopsis
In today's rapidly changing society how do you teach the youth about traditions and values of life?
Everything was perfect in Rahul’s (Abhishek Bachchan) life. He was the only son of his parent’s (Navni Parihar, Romesh Sharma). They
were rich and never said no to him…or he made sure they didn’t.
Rahul was a happy boy, eagerly awaiting his first trip alone to the U S of A. when the tragedy struck. He found himself in the midst
of people who decided to make a ‘better human being’ out of him. The players of the conspiracy-a culture junkie DCP Bhosle, (Om Puri),
who pinned every problem on the advent of foreign television in India, a judge K. R. P. Murthy, (Anjan Shriwastav), who secretly
desired recognition for his long service without a single holiday and a cub reporter Neha Sengupta, (Hrishitaa Bhatt), who aspired to
bring about the change in the entire judiciary system! But that was not all, his own loving parents agreed that Rahul needed to
change.
Nothing in his life had prepared Rahul for what was going to happen to him when he landed in an old age home, Ashiyana. But that
wasn’t all. Rahul was forced to share a room with a ‘crazy’ old man, Prajapati, (Amrish Puri) whose idea of a good time was going for
a morning walk or listening to Jaymala on radio at night? Honestly, what do you do when all you have for fun is pending office
accounts and overdue shopping lists?
There were of course others, Mr. & Mrs. Gujral, (Dara Singh, Daisy Irani) who never agreed on anything, a sister and her sixty year
old kid brother, (Shubha Khote, Viju Khote), who needed constant supervision, an avid reader Saiffuddin (Tinnu Anand) whose
forgetfulness was the stuff legends are made off. Add to that Gajanan Desai (A. K. Hangal) who spend long hours writing letters to his
son and daughter-in-law (Raj Zuthshi, Irawati Harshe) and Kailash Oza (Pratap Oza), the eldest resident. There was also Anuradha
Mathur (Helen) whose son, (Yatin Karyekar) promised to return after a month to fetch her back- a promise she knew he did not intend to
keep. Prajapati ruled Ashiyana with an iron hand. No one ever contradicted him except Subramaniyum, (K D Chandran) a ‘respectable
family man’ in his own words.
Rahul found himself amidst these ‘boring’ old people and yes the journalist Neha…but then she was worst the worst of all.
And yes to add to the chaos, there was the caretaker Vikram Saxena (Mohnish Behl) of late Mr. S B Pandit on whose property Ashiyaana
is situated and a powerful builder Arora (Ashish Vidyarthi), who had plans of their own.
Review
Compared to the Bollywood standards Shararat is a bit different. It doesn’t glamorize romance so much and focuses more on other
aspects of life too.
It shows the transition of a pampered teenager Rahul into a mature and understanding man after he is remanded to live in an old age
home.
The film takes you into the lives of old men and women living in the Home. Gurudev Bhalla, film’s director, shows both the humor and
the sadness that fills their lives. And he shows how this effects Rahul’s mind.
At first Rahul is an odd-man-out in the Home. He is a sullen young man cursing his luck. But soon he begins to see deeper sides of the
lives of people in the home.
Abhishek Bachchan just about manages to essay his role believably. His repertory of facial expressions is limited and there are
moments in the films when he has a bland face to the camera.
Commendable acting performances come from the film’s senior cast – Amrish Puri, AK Hangal, Helen and Tinu Anand.