Dasvidaniya is a Bollywood comedy-drama film released on 7 November 2008. The name of the movie is a pun on the list of ten things to be done before death made by Vinay Pathak, and is a play on the Russian phrase до свидания (do svidaniya), meaning bye.
Synopsis
Amar Kaul (Vinay Pathak) is a 37-year-old accounts manager at a company called Suraj Pharmaceuticals in Mumbai. He is single and lives with his mother (Sarita Joshi). He lives a nondescript life with people oblivious to his existence. One day his doctor tells him that he will die within three months due to stomach cancer. Realising that his time is limited, Amar makes a list of ten things he wants to do during his life, and sets out to do them. They are:
Buy a red car.
Tour abroad.
Play guitar.
Confess his unrequited love for his childhood crush Neha.
Stand up to his boss.
Visit his old friend Rajiv Jhulka.
Experience romance.
Reveal his condition to his mother.
Have his photo published in the newspaper.
Mend his relationship with his younger brother.
He finds the true joys of life in a few months which was hidden all his life. After three months, at the time of his death, he leaves something for all his loved ones, leaving them happy and thankful to him.
Cast
Vinay Pathak as Amar Kaul
Neha Dhupia as Neha Bhanot
Rajat Kapoor as Rajiv Jhulka
Sarita Joshi as Amar’s mother
Saurabh Shukla as Dasgupta, Amar’s boss
Suchitra Pillai as Suchi R. Jhulka
Joy Fernandes as Savio
Purbi Joshi as Garima
Gaurav Gera as Vivek Kaul
Manoylo Svitlana as Tatanya
Brijendra Kala as Shiraz
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