Vatsal Sheth

Adipurush is an adaptation of Indian mythology that depicts the victory of good over evil.

Few Indians are aware of the number of suicides that occur in Indian Hostels as a result of the phenomenon termed as 'Ragging'. The very students - who suffer silently at the hands of their seniors - in turn vent their frustrations by ragging their juniors in the following years. Thus, this cruel practice continues year after year and has claimed the lives and careers of innumerable students. Written by Manish Gupta, the writer of the film 'Sarkar', Hostel is a shocking eye-opener about this evil practice and is a wake-up call for all of us.

The film is based in a B-town centre of India and carries the mentalities and the true essence of the "Great Indian middle class". Rajeshwari (Tabu) is married to Vinay ( Ayub Khan) a bank cashier for the last 7 years. She has two adorable children Geet and Suraj 6 and 4 respectively. She has always been the driving force in the family and her dream is to get her sister Nisha married to the most suitable boy within their Saxena community. Rajeshwari is against the dowry system and therefore the propositions to find a suitable match within the given scenario is not very promising but she is determined to do so.

A group of four funloving guys (Talpade, Jaffery, Chaudhary, Seth) are on a crazy house hunt that takes them through a series of comical twists just to find a roof over their heads. Their landlord Ballu (Lever) will give them a place to live but on one condition- only couples allowed. Desperate and nowhere to go, two of the guys decide to disguise themselves as wives to get the accomodation. But who will be the women?

10 year old Nanhe lives in arid Jaisalmer with his mother, sister and camel. He earns his living as a tourist guide and organizing camel safaris. Unlike other 10yr olds, Nanhe`s dreams aren`t fickle. He has just one dream to meet actor Bobby Deol. And on one lucky day, Nanhe gets the chance to appear in a shot with Bobby in a film. From that day they become friends. Nanhe writes to his dost, Bobby regularly, telling him about his triumphs, his battles and his joys. And as Nanhe grows up, Bobby`s thoughts influence his thoughts and actions. When Nanhe hears that Bobby is coming to Jaisalmer for a shoot, he is overjoyed. They meet and Nanhe`s life changes forever. His dost gives him words of wisdom which help him to overcome obstacles and also stand up for himself.

Nanhe Jaisalmer lives a poor lifestyle in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, along with his mom, Sarla, and sister, Suman. His father took advantage of Sarla's illiteracy, sold their property and absconded, leaving the trio to live a near-destitute life. When he was four he was cast in a movie starring Bobby Deol. This minor role did have a major impact on his life and he became obsessed with Bobby so much so that he had Suman write to him regularly as well as collected posters and photographs and hung them on the walls of his tiny bedroom. Six years later he is now a tourist guide, able to converse in Italian, German, French, and English, even though he neglected to attend school, instead spent all his spare time watching Bobby's movies, and became the main bread-earner for his family. He instantly gives his approval to Badal (a movie title starring Bobby) who wants to wed Suman. Nanhe is thrilled when he finds out that a Bobby will be appearing in 'Yaar' which is scheduled to be filmed in Jaisalmer and Barmer. One day while traveling on his camel, Raja, he comes to the rescue of none other than Bobby himself whose car was stuck in the sand dunes. He is thrilled when Bobby recognizes him, and they continue to meet secretly. Bobby encourages him to study, overcome a bully, Maggoo, as well as become a better person. When invitations are sent out for Suman's wedding, he gives one to Bobby, who promises to also attend the ceremony. The wedding takes place but Bobby neglects to keep his promise leaving a much disappointed Nanhe to figure out the reason(s) behind Bobby's absence. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

In 1992, Deven Chaudhary (Ajay Devgn) lives with his mother Suhasini (Farida Jalal) and 10 year-old only son Raj (Vatsal Sheth). Deven spends considerable time designing the perfect car, calling it DC - which is very futuristic and more advanced than any other car in the market - and registering its patent. The SUV car is said to have 400BHP and 500NM of torque, as well as making it from 0-60 in 5.2 seconds. He also looks after an older Morris Minor MM, handed over to him by his late father, and calls it "Taarzan", which is based on the car's mirror ornament of the Disney character Tarzan. He meets with Rakesh Kapoor (Pankaj Dheer) and his partners, who praise his design but decline dealing with him, as they do not want to give royalty as part of the deal. Later, Deven finds that Kapoor and his partners conned him and registered his design under their name. Deven reports this to a police officer, Inspector Sanjay Sharma (Deepak Shirke), but the latter turns out to be on Kapoor's payroll. Kapoor, along with his cronies and Sharma, attack, and lock Deven in his car. The car is then pushed into the river, causing a bound and gagged Deven to die. Unaware of the truth behind Deven's death, his mother decides to bring up her grandson alone. 12 years later, in 2004, Raj Chaudary (Vatsal Sheth) is now a 22-year-old boy, living with Suhasini, and studies at a college where he falls in love with a rich girl named Priya Rakesh Kapoor (Ayesha Takia). Priya had recently transferred to the college from London and is attracted towards Raj's simplicity and honesty. Rocky (Sikandar Kharbanda) is the college Romeo cum bully and harasses Priya. The young Raj now works in the garage of Kartar Singh (paji) (Amrish Puri) as a mechanic. One day, Raj discovers Taarzan and recognizes it immediately. He somehow pools money and buys it at a throwaway price, which was 5000 rupees. Raj wants to update the car that reminds him of his father Deven. Little does he know that with the car, he has also brought back his father, whose soul is trapped inside the car. Rocky spikes Priya's drink in a bid to rape her, but Raj accidentally drinks that and proposes his love to Priya, which she finds charming. Kartar is moved on learning this and aides Raj in repairing Taarzan. Taarzan is totally revamped into a car even more advanced than Deven's design and Raj decides to rename it DC (as Raj's father's name Deven Chaudhary), to honor Deven's memory. Rocky and his entourage attacks Raj when they see that Raj has a spanking new car and Priya with him. That night the car drives itself and attacks Rocky and his goons and injures them badly. Rocky gets really scared and thinks Raj was behind the attack. Here, Deven's spirit possesses Taarzan and starts killing all those who were responsible for the murder: He kills Kailash Chopra (Mukesh Tiwari) when the latter is on his way to Palghar (The car is badly damaged in this, but it completely self-repairs back to its pristine new condition), he then kills Mahesh Saxena (Shakti Kapoor) during New Year's Eve (by drowning him in the same lake where Deven was killed), he kills officer Sanjay Sharma, in the latter's police jeep by pushing it down a ravine & when Sanjay tries to hide in his garage, Deven spills motor oil all over it and sets fire to it which consumes Sanjay. and finally, he kills Anthony D' Costa (Sadashiv Amrapurkar) when D' Costa decides to stay away from the car, by going to Nagpur. Since the car now belongs to Raj, he becomes a suspect in eyes of Inspector Khurana (Gulshan Grover), the investigating officer. Khurana has traced the car tracks to the location of Kailash's death and its license plate was recorded by Mahesh's wife before Mahesh was killed. But Khurana is unable to pin Raj since he has a solid alibi for both instances. But at the time of D'Costa's death, Raj and Priya find his car missing and go to Khurana. Khurana receives a call from D'Costa, saying that the car is trying to kill him, while Raj and Priya are sitting in front of him. The mystery deepens. Here, Kapoor returns to India after learning that all his partners have died. Kapoor is revealed to be Priya's father. When the car returns to Raj's garage, he chains it to avoid any further murders. Khurana threatens to crush the car if it is connected to any further deaths. On Priya's insistence, Kapoor goes to meet Raj, but after learning that Raj is Deven's son, Kapoor assumes that Raj has somehow found the truth and is using Priya as a pawn. Kapoor decides to kill Raj and take Priya back with him to London. Priya and Raj are both clueless, but Raj is shocked when Kapoor tells him the truth. Here, Taarzan comes alive again and in front of disbelieving eyes of Kapoor and Raj, jumps in the ocean to save Raj. Deven's spirit now becomes visible to everybody. In front of Raj, Suhasini, Priya, and Inspector Khurana, a terrified Kapoor confesses the crime. Khurana arrests Kapoor, while Deven says his last goodbye to Suhasini and Raj. With Raj, Suhasini, and Priya united, Deven's spirit becomes free, and he ascends to heaven, with Raj and Priya living a happy life afterwards. Later Raj marries Priya.