There are bad movies, then there is Three-Love, Lies, Betrayal. Seemed like nobody working in the film was paid. From the first scene I knew where it was headed: from bad to worse to dreadful.
Coming to the story, here's how it goes: Rajeev Dutt (Akshay Kapoor) and Anjani Dutt (Nausheen Ali Sardar) live in a huge mansion in Scotland. The truth is that they are in a major financial crisis. He has suffered a big loss in his business, and the meager income that she gets by teaching kids how to play the violin, isn't enough to sustain them.
He suggests they sell the house. She vehemently refuses, for that house was her parents' and she is emotionally attached to it. Obviously they quarrel over this, but she is unrelenting.
Then she comes up with an idea. Why don't we rent out a portion of the house? Sanjay (Ashish Chowdhry), a singer-in-the-making shows up at their place. Anjani takes a liking to him instantly and he stays on as a tenant.
One night Sanjay rebukes her for sticking to a useless man like Rajeev. The vulnerable girl slips and makes a mistake. That is the beginning of her extra marital affair.
But this is apparently a suspense thriller. So now we have a twist. Turns out that Sanjay is in fact after the house, and has no romantic inclination towards the hapless Anjani.
He threatens to tell her husband about their clandestine relationship unless she hands over the house to him. Though she is scared of the consequences, she tells her husband. He forgives her in an instant and beats up Sanjay. The latter now turns vicious and vows to make life hell for them.
Remember this is a suspense film? So there are more twists. Sanjay is not who he seems, and neither is Rajeev. I am almost tempted to give out the "secret", but I won't!
The film, though it is shot in Scotland doesn't explore any of its natural beauty. What a waste. It could have been shot in Sajjanpur instead!
Nausheen is the same girl that played the central character Kusum, in a popular soap opera years ago. And it shows. She looks rather uncomfortable in Western wear (bad job by the designer in any case).
Plus, she is definitely too old to be the "heroine". Even layers of really bad makeup couldn't hide her age. She looked older than both the men's ages put together! She should definitely audition for the next Ramsay Brothers film though!
The men are no better. Akshay speaks like a sissy when he's supposed to be manly and looks psychotic when he's angry. Ashish has tried to pull off a serious sexy image, but falls way short, and is just plain weird.
The dialogues are very unreal. Most of them are corny. Case in point: "You can take the girl out of India, but you can't take India out of the girl". Some of them are so bad that you want to tear your hair out, roll it into a ball and eat it, hoping you die before the scene gets over.
Even if you haven't seen any suspense films earlier you'll guess the plot before the mystery is actually revealed. It's not just the script that's bad. The Direction, the camera work, the soundtrack, the background score are all equally ghastly.
Good luck to anyone that dares to watch it!
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