''Shabd'' () is a 2005 Indian

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-language

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produced by Pritish Nandy Communications, and directed by

Leena Yadav Leena Yadav (born 6 January 1971) is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. She started her career in the television industry and gradually moved on to making feature films. Her first international feature film, ''Parched'' ...

. It stars

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Aishwarya Rai Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (; Rai; born 1 November 1973) is an Indian actress who is primarily known for her work in Hindi and Tamil language, Tamil films. Rai won the Miss World 1994 pageant and later established herself as one of the most-popu ...

and

Zayed Khan Zayed Abbas Khan (born 5 July 1980) is an Indian former actor and producer who appeared in Hindi films. The son of Bollywood actor Sanjay Khan, he has received a Filmfare Award nomination. After graduating in Business Management at the Mont ...

. The film got good reviews but performed below expectations at the

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, despite being profitable. The story is adapted from the critically acclaimed

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film ''Rachana'' released in 1983.

Plot

Author Shaukat Vashisht lives a wealthy lifestyle in India with his wife, Antra, who is a lecturer. Shaukat achieves fame when he is nominated for the

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and goes on to win it. His publishers, hoping that they have unleashed a goldmine, are disappointed with his subsequent works, and soon Shaukat is depressed to such an extent that he almost gives up writing. Then he decides to write a story about a woman named Tamanna and figures that he will base this story on none other than Antara herself. For this purpose, he starts to make note of her every movement, and it is then that he finds out that she has an admirer in fellow teacher, Yash Agnihotri, a dashing young man with a bright future ahead of him. Shaukat also finds out that Antara has never mentioned Yash to him, nor has she informed Yash that she is married. He decides to manufacture a realistic story by making Antara hide her marital status from Yash and pursue a relationship with him. Things go wrong as Antara begins to have real feelings for Yash, even though she still loves Shaukat. Whatever Shaukat pens turns out to be true. He starts to believe he can change Antara's and Yash's fates by his writings and writes according to his logic that Yash would commit suicide after learning the truth about Antara's. But Antara soon discovers this. She lies to Shaukat that Yash really committed suicide in order to disillusion Shaukat. Shaukat, out of guilt, becomes schizophrenic. The film ends on a disturbing note: Antara sends Shaukat to an asylum due to his schizophrenia.

Cast

as Shaukat Vashisth, a famous author who lives with his wife Antara and two servants. *

as Antara Vashisth/Tamanna, Shaukat's wife and a college teacher *

as Yash Agnihotri, a young college teacher who is in love with Antara. * Aakash Pandey as Shouting asylum inmate * Sadiya Siddiqui as Rajni (maidservant) *

Brijendra Kala Brijendra Kala is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema. He is known for his subtle portrayals of characters rooted in reality. He gained attention for his small roles in mainstream cinema. Early life Kala spent his childhood in Mathura, ...

as Servant (Ramakant) * Alexander as the stranger * Susheel Chhabra as Nerd * Imram Hasnee as Asylum Doctor * Kamini Khanna as Mrs. Kapadia * Lalit Parashar as Mr. Bhargva * Rucha Pathak as Publisher's assistant

Music

The music of the film did get good reviews among audiences, though the film overall performed well below expectations at the box office. All Songs Composed By Vishal-Shekhar and lyrics penned by

Irshad Kamil Dr. Irshad Kamil (born 5 September 1971) is an Indian poet and lyricist. His songs appeared in Bollywood films including ''Jab We Met'', '' Chameli'', '' Love Aaj Kal'', '' Rockstar'', '' Laila Majnu'', ''Aashiqui 2'', ''Raanjhanaa'', ''Highw ...

The film had the following soundtrack.

External links

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Leena Yadav's Interview
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shabd (Film) 2005 films 2000s Hindi-language films Films scored by Vishal–Shekhar Films directed by Leena Yadav Indian psychological drama films Indian psychological thriller films Films about books Extramarital relationships Hindi remakes of Malayalam films Indian drama films 2005 thriller films