| Cast: |
Tabu,
Sushmita Sen, Sanjay Suri, Palash Sen |
| Director: |
Bosky |
| Producer: |
- |
Life
is not easy. And is not permanent. But the experiences
and emotions that we acquire through our lives are
unique to each person. It is these that go on to define
our personalities and thereby influence the decisions
that we will make in our lifetime.
Sometimes,
by quirk of fate, a decision that we make goes on
to entwine other people's lives and destinies with
our own. Then we are compelled to play along passively
as our lives unfold before us!
Rewa,
Dhruv, Sia and Saahil are four such people, whose
lives got entangled at various levels due to a twist
of fate. Rewa and Sia were best of friends, having
known each other since they met in kindergarten. They
were similar in so many ways... and yet different
too. While Sia was ambitious and career oriented,
Rewa was more of romantic, looking forward to a blissful
life with a husband and children.
Her dreams crystallized in Dhruv, whom she fell in
love with and married. Everyone expected Sia to follow
suit, especially Saahil, who had proposed to Sia three
times already. But Sia was clear - just like men need
to be settled in their careers before they get married,
so too should women. Saahil would have to wait...
Filhaal
is all about how unpredictable life is. It doesn't
announce itself... It just happens.You can't control
what happens. You can only live it ... one moment
at a time...And smile... for the moment...Because
marriage is not the end of the love story, it is the
BEGINNING OF A WHOLE NEW ONE...
A
character sketch of the principal characters of Filhaal:
Tabu
plays Rewa, a girl of about 27 years. She is warm
and emotional, with a deep sensitive side. For her,
the relationships with her dear ones are most important
in life's scheme of things. She is a loving wife,
as well as a friend to her husband Dhruv. They share
a warm, intimate relationship that deepens as they
look forward to having a child. Sia, Rewa's best friend
since they were little girls, is the other important
person in Rewa's life. Rewa is a loyal and devoted
friend - emotionally in sync with Sia.
She
wishes Sia too would get married eventually and often
talks to her about it. Rewa unlike Sia however, is
quite an introvert, silent and subtle. Even when life
twists and turns around her, she is steely in her
resolve and her convictions.
Sushmita
Sen plays Sia in Filhaal, a warm, effervescent girl
of about 27 years. She is instinctive and spontaneous...
living life to the fullest, every moment of it. She
is a loyal and devoted friend too, to Rewa, ever since
she can remember. She lives all of Rewa's turning
points in life, with her. Rewa's marriage to Dhruv
and their dreams of having a child, Sia shares all
their joys and excitement as if they were her own.
Then there's Saahil... who is also her own.
She
loves him dearly but for reasons inexplicable to her
and especially Saahil, she postpones or avoids the
topic of marriage. She wants to establish herself
in her career as a photographer first; for fear that
she may have to compromise it later for her marriage.
There is a child in her that endears her to all the
people around her. And when fate takes a turn she
takes it head-on, as the child in her watches in wondrous
amazement
Sanjay
Suri plays Dhruv, a young man of about 29 years. He
is gentle, loving, decent and caring. Very much a
self-made man, a successful garment exporter at that.
Very much the cosmopolitan man, he is a responsible
yet understanding husband to Rewa and more importantly,
her friend too. He has a tender side that surfaces
in the course of their dreams to have a baby. He nurtures
Rewa, pampers her. And when she hurts, he comforts
her. He hurts too, when life turns on him. And he's
not ashamed of his tears. Rewa's tears however, are
far more precious to him. And he makes sure that he
does nothing to hurt her... but always understand
her and support her.
Palash
Sen is Saahil, the fourth corner in this square of
relationships. He is also a soft, sensitive man, deeply
in love with Sia and not afraid to express it, several
times. He is also the understanding 21st century man,
supportive of his woman's decisions, even though he
may not agree with all of them. He is patient and
understanding, and has a silent strength within him,
because he believes in his love for Sia. He knows
it can withstand any surprise fate may throw at it.
So much so that he is the only member of his family,
left behind in India, because that's where his love
lives. And he has a toy factory... because he loves
children
