ACCIDENT ON HILL ROAD Movie Review

STARRING

Celina Jaitley, Abhimanyu Singh, Farooque Shaikh and others.

DIRECTION

Mahesh Nair


STORY

The plot of this psychological thriller revolves around the character of Sonam Chopra (played by Celina Jaitley) and the accident that she runs into. Sonam loves to party and on the night of accident, she was returning from such a party with her boyfriend Sid (Abhimanyu Singh).

As Sonam was driving very fast, the car rams into a pedestrian Prakash Shrivastava (played by veteran Farooque Shaikh). Even after the accident, Prakash continued to hang from the car, as the windshield of the car had him hanging down somehow.

However, Sonam Chopra, instead of going for providing medical help to Prakash Shrivastava, parks her car in the garage and tries to forget it. Sonam does this as she was wary of ruining her bright future by involving herself in this murky accident.

On the other hand, Prakash Shrivastava tries to free himself from the car’s windshield and get some medial help to survive. This conflict of interests on the part of two main protagonists provides ample fuel for a psychological thriller like this.

In between all this, there is also the character of Sid (Abhimanyu Singh) who is a drug- peddler and Celina Jaitley’s boyfriend.

What happens to Sonam Chopra and Prakash Shrivasatva forms the rest of the film.


PERFORMANCE

Celina Jaitley, who plays the character Sonam Chopra, comes out a winner in the deglamourized role of a nursing assistant. The gutsy actress proves that she is not only gorgeous, but can also do racy thrillers like Accident on Hill Road.

Celina Jaitley comes out more realistic and human when she tries to hide the fact of accident to safeguard her bright future in London with Red Cross. She was scheduled to go to London to work with Red Cross very soon and this accident could have jeopardized her career.

Abhimanyu Singh, the bollywood actor who became a household name after his earlier outing ‘Gulaal’ and enacts the character of Sid (Celina’s boyfriend) in this flick, is natural in the portrayal of this role. Though the character is somewhat negative with drug peddling etc, but Abhimanyu Singh has carried it on his shoulders convincingly.

Farooque Shaikh, the veteran actor of such memorable flicks like ‘Chashme Baddoor’, has infused life in the character of pedestrian Prakash Shrivastava. His facial expression successfully shows the different emotions like pain and surprise due to Celina’s behavior. Others have provided able support to the main cast of the flick.

The direction of Mahesh Nair passes the muster. However, it could have been better and needed a touch of finesse, which generally comes with experience and time only. However, he has handled the steamy sequences aesthetically.

The music of the film is good and Sonu Nigam’s ‘Nasha Nasha’ number has already become a rage with the audiences. The cinematography is good. Other production values are up to the mark.

STARDUST VERDICT

It’s a psychological thriller with Celina Jaitley, Abhimanyu Singh and Farooque Shaikh playing their part beautifully. The film will attract the audiences who have a liking for fast paced psychological thrillers. The hot, steamy and sensuous sequences between sizzling hot Celina and Abhimanyu Singh will be liked by the hoi polloi. A good fare.