Actress Aruna Shields Scores with Mr Singh Mrs Mehta
This is a Hindi film based on NRI couple based in London. The main cast is done by Prashant Narayanan, Aruna Shields, Naved Aslam, Lucy Hassan.
Bollywood in the past decades did seem to have been slowly shed its conservative approach but Aruna Shields seems to have broken all the barriers. Going bold and baring all, Aruna Shields is the most talked about pretty young thing in the entertainment fraternity. According to Aruna nudity is not the highlight of the movie. It’s only shot from sideways. She says she has absolutely “no issues” with her nude scenes in the movie which is about adultery.
Society is not willing to take extra marital affairs, they take it as accidents which happends to others. You will get shocked when it happens to you. It is a take on four dramatic characters. Mrs. Singh (Aruna Shields), an agony aunt columnist, is obviously agonized upon discovering her husband’s infidelity. Mr. Singh (Naved Aslam) and Mrs. Mehta (Lucy Hassan) are having an extramarital affair without the slightest pang of guilt. However his wife has confidence in Ashwin’s talent. Proceedings become interesting when Mrs. Singh and Mr. Mehta meet.
He loves his wife too much to confront her when he discovers she is having an affair. He knows if he confronts her, she will confess to the affair and he will not be able to live with it. Ashwin is full of complexities.
Considering that Bollywood has so few adult films to offer, this one’s a rare experience. In one way the film is a type of wife swapping, eventhough unintentional. Director has approached the subject with maturity and causoin, this makes the film a good one. Director Pravesh made sure that there were very minimal crew members are present while shooting the nude scenes. The film is filled with kissing and nude scence. Though Aruna Shields was cool about being in her birthday suit, it was Prashant who kept fumbling and fluffing. The movie is not meant to titillate anyone so there were no vulgar scenes. Every shot is done very aesthetically.
It’s a bold film, not just in terms of the sheer physicality of it but also because Pravesh has dared to raise some uncomfortable questions where (other) people tend to play safe.
Cast: Prashant Narayanan, Naved Aslam, Lucy Hassan, Aruna Shields
The movie is directed by Pravesh Bhardwaj.
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