Madan Jain

Addy alias Aditya Singh (Adhyayan Suman), 24, is the only son of a single parent Gayatri Singh (Deepti Naval), a business tycoon. Sadly, he is terminally ill with an incurable heart disease that has no cure and only a heart transplant can save him. However, Aditya is opposed to the idea till he falls in love with Ria (Ariana Ayam) and agrees to get himself operated by his friend and mentor Dr. Sameer Saxena, a heart surgeon (Shekhar Suman) against his mother`s advice to get it done by her friend Dr Sanjay Trehan (Om Puri). The story takes an unusual and unexpected turn in the operation theatre where during the heart transplant surgery he experiences Anaesthesia Awareness, a frightening medical phenomenon when a patient is unconscious from outside but remains conscious from within, hearing sounds and experiencing pain, but bodily paralysed. Aditya over hears certain horrifying and disturbing truths that will now change his life.

Ajay`s mother suffers serious burns and the incident forces him to look back into his life and how his mother struggled to live with his father and bring him up. Due to constant communal riots, Ajay`s mother could never practice her religion openly, but her last wish is to be buried according to her religious faith. Ajay and his wife Sonali make sure to respect her last wish.

After their only son dies, an old couple rent out a room to get a source of income. Sujata, a budding actress, moves in and they end up getting involved in each other`s lives.

A planned social gathering is held to commemorate Divakar Barve for the award he receive pertaining his contributions to Indian Arts and films. The social event is greeted by some important public personalities of the community all expect Amrit; an activist. But the atmosphere of the event will come to a drastic change upon the arrival of Avinash. —gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com) The Government of India has chosen to present a literary award to Divakar Barve in recognition of his contribution to Indian Arts and Cinema. Divakar accepts this award, and the community decides to recognize this award-recipient at a special party just for him. Several big-wigs in Bombay city are invited, and they include Mohini, the alcoholic and aging wife of Divakar; Ravi an actor; Bharat an aspiring actor and poet; An aging Ruth who is always accompanied by a much younger boyfriend; Poet and producer, Agashe; Ila Arun the singer; and Achyut Potdar a Bollywood actor. Everyone awaits the arrival of Amrit, an activist. What the invitees do not know that the party is going to be gate-crashed by the host's, Mrs. Damyanti Rane's son and his teen-aged friend; a couple, Naren and Malvika; Then something unexpected happens: Amrit does arrive - but not in the way everybody expected him to arrive. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Amma lives in Bijapur with her husband and son, Benwa. When a man attempts to sexually molest her, he is killed by her husband, the trio flee, but the husband is shot dead by the police. Amma re-locates to a shanty slum near Dharavi, Bombay, where Benwa grows up and shines shoes for a living. Amma is sexually active with Looka, a hoodlum and extortionist who shows up once in while, and also has a steady relationship with trucker, Anna. Both Looka and Anna are unaware of each other. Looka gets Benwa married to Amli from a nearby slum & Anna gets Amma a much better shelter. All seems to be going well until the Police come looking for an injured Looka, when he robs a pharmacy in order to get medicines for himself. Watch what happens when the Police arrive and find a visibly pregnant Amma with Looka, and the impact this will have on her relationship with Anna. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)