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Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar (General Movie ,2001)  Starring
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Synopsis
'Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar’ is an emotional adventure with an unusual story. The film tries to touch people with the simplicity and
intensity of the way the lives of the characters unfold.
The star cast includes Amisha Patel, Jimmy Shergill, Nafisa Ali, Gulshan Grover, Ehsaan Khan and Rajpal Yadav. In ‘Yeh Zindagi Ka
Safar’ Amisha plays the role of 20-year-old Sarena Dewan whose world is picture-perfect.
She is a pop star on the verge of major stardom and she has an adorable relationship with her industrialist father Vivek Dewan played
by Gulshan Grover. But this whole world falls apart when the editor of a 1 rupee 15 paise newspaper, Jai played by Jimmy prints a
sensational story that Sarena is not the real daughter of Vivek Dewan. While an enraged Vivek Dewan sues the newspaper for defamation,
Sarena goes in search of her mother much against her father’s wishes. But with no headway in her search, Sarena seeks Jai’s help who
to save his press from being sold clicks a deal with her. As the story dramatically progresses Sarena discovers layer upon devastating
layer of truth behind her identity, the go-getter Jai too learns many things about love and life. At this time Jai who has been her
source of strength through all the dark revelations steps in with his homegrown honesty and desi wisdom. They both fight together to
correct the wrong that had been done to Sarena’s mother.
The film is ‘Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar’ has melodious music composed by Daboo Malik, with lyrics penned by Salim Bijnori.
Written & Presented by Mahesh Bhatt ‘Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar ’ is Tanuja Chandra’s third release after ‘Dushman’ and ‘ Sangharsh’.
Review
“Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar” is an emotional drama dealing with the search of a self-assured girl for her mother whose identity has been
kept a secret from her. A woman-oriented subject, the film traces Sareena’s quest for her self-identity apart from touching upon other
juvenile issues.
The film directed by Tanuja Chandra is an arty fare that doesn’t call for much attention. It is ridden with usual song-and-dance
sequences and other common stereotypes of Bollywood.
Tanuja lends a brisk pace to the story in the first half, but takes it too soon to the boiling point by the interval time. Then she
sets about eliciting confessions and revelations from her characters.
Sareena realizes that she is an illegitimate child abandoned because her mother Sister Namrata (Nafisa Ali) was raped. Jai too has a
pricking of conscience and he begins to see Sareena as more than ‘just another story’ for his newspaper.
Mahesh Bhatt’s script is involving but it leans on the time-tested cliches of commercial cinema.
For instance Sareena is shown as a self-reliant girl but at the same time she has to lean on Jai’s shoulders (the man accused of
slandering by Sareena’s father) time and again during her quest.
Also astonishing is the alacrity with which Sareena turns oblivious to her surroundings and goes about prancing with Jai. This wasn’t
expected of Tanuja Chandra.
At the same time there are certain positives to the film too. The story and the plot is novel. Also laudable is Tanuja’s adeptness in
getting a many-shaded performance from Bollywood’s latest sensation Amisha Patel.
Amisha proves that she is a consummate actress with a solid performance. Nafisa Ali impresses but her role is relegated into a mere
cameo.
On the other hand, Jimmy Shergill needs to bring much more maturity into his acting. One can often catch him hamming through the
scenes.
Rating: Timepass