Kyon Ki Dvd

Kyon Ki (transl. Because) is a 2005 Indian romantic drama film directed by Priyadarshan starring Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Rimi Sen, Jackie Shroff, Om Puri and Suniel Shetty. The film is a remake of Priyadarshan’s own 1986 Malayalam film Thalavattam, which itself drew inspiration from the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey.

Plot

Sir Richard’s Mental Sanatorium is run by the strict and authoritative Dr. Khurana, along with the other two main doctors, Sunil and Tanvi Khurana, who is the daughter of Khurana. Tanvi has treated a female patient who wears no. 36, her process of doing so has always been caring and gentle, rebelling against Khurana’s inhumane ways of dealing with mentally ill patients. As she gets discharged, Tanvi doesn’t get acknowledged for her efforts, which devastate her and since then, has become embittered and vows to never come close to any patient, especially no. 36.

Anand is brought to the mental sanatorium by a court order. His elder brother requests the doctors to admit him immediately. However, they insist on evaluating his mental condition before taking any decision. On being asked a few questions, Anand does not show any signs of insanity, and the doctors conclude that there is nothing wrong with him. Just then, Anand spots a housefly on the table. He tries to capture it but it evades him. While Anand’s brother insists with the doctors, Anand suddenly becomes very violent, picking up a club and using it to hit everything the fly lands on. This convinces the doctors that he is indeed insane, and they finally admit him.

In the sanatorium, Anand tries to make friends with other patients. Sunil develops a caring bond with Anand, which is revealed that Sunil was made a doctor by Anand’s father. Anand makes a commotion almost every day and acts childish which upsets Tanvi and demands that Anand is thrown out from the asylum.

However, soon Tanvi finds out about Anand’s sad past and a flashback ensues. Anand was a musician in college who was deeply in love with Maya, a young, vivacious nun in Romania. Maya, who was apprised of his feelings, however did not reciprocate her love towards Anand, leaving him conflicted. To get her to respond, Anand threatens to commit suicide on the rooftop of the church by pretending to set fire on himself one day, resulting in Maya attempting to stop him and therefore ends up confessing her love towards him. Anand is delighted with the turn of events and having been contented with his lady love, plans to get married to her. Maya turns out to be roguish and enjoys her time with Anand, which he eventually gets used to by throwing a series of pranks on Anand, such as pretending to have trouble riding a horse and nearly getting in an accident, only to later reveal that she can perfectly ride a horse after Anand gets worried or when she is insisted by Anand to drive a car and she reveals she can’t drive and rushing it across a populated street and nearly crashing it into the road when he persists her to try, only to reveal later that she knows how to drive perfectly and was simply messing with him. Anand plots to get back at her playfully and pranks her back by throwing her into a swimming pool, to which she heavily resists and warns Anand explaining that she cannot swim but Anand refuses to believe her thinking it’s just another one of her elaborate pranks and leaves her in the water, however it turns out she wasn’t lying and indeed couldn’t swim. As a result, Anand comes back to see that Maya has drowned and Anand’s life is completely shattered. He becomes traumatized, blaming himself for Maya’s death.

After finding out, she feels guilty for her treatment towards Anand and apologizes to him. They become good friends, spend time together, and she and Sunil work together to cure Anand and make him remember his past. This works, and Anand completely gets over the trauma of Maya’s death and is finally cured. He decides to leave the asylum but stays when Tanvi expresses her love to him. He reciprocates her love and the two are happy with each other. But fate plays a part in the story, Tanvi has already fallen in love with Anand but is engaged to Karan, under her father, Khurana’s approval.

When Khurana finds out about her and Anand, he is livid as he sees this as a doctor-patient relationship, not a genuine relationship from a father’s point of view. He demands Tanvi to leave him but she refuses to back down. When Karan finds out, he tells Tanvi to go with Anand. Sunil tries to make Khurana see that mental asylum patients should be treated with love, care, and affection, but Khurana stubbornly believes that patients should be treated with oppression and brutality. Anand rebels against the strict hospital regime and Khurana’s disapproval of Tanvi and Anand, but he refuses to back down. This makes Anand explode into a violent rage against Khurana, which results in Khurana lobotomizing him. Seeing no way out, Sunil and Tanvi arrive at the asylum to smuggle Anand out so that he and Tanvi can run away together, but it is too late when Sunil finds out about Anand’s lobotomy. Realizing he is better off dead, Sunil sorrowfully kills his neurologically-disabled friend by suffocating him with a pillow. After Sunil confesses to Khurana about the act of euthanasia, Tanvi becomes insane due to the shock of Anand’s death. She is admitted as a patient in the same asylum and the same number Anand had, no. 36. Dr. Khurana is shown to be feeling guilty of losing his own daughter to a patient in the same asylum.

Cast

Salman Khan as Anand
Jackie Shroff as Dr. Sunil
Kareena Kapoor as Dr. Tanvi Khurana
Suniel Shetty as Karan (Tanvi’s Fiancee)
Rimi Sen as Maya (Anand’s Lover)
Om Puri as Dr. Khurana
Manoj Joshi as P. K. Narayan
Anil Dhawan as Deepak (Anand’s Elder Brother)
Asrani as Asylum Patient
Arun Bakshi as Asylum Patient (Swami Ji)
Javed Khan as an Asylum Patient
Kurush Deboo as Munna a.k.a. Idiot
Kavi Kumar Azad as Asylum Patient (Abdul)
Atul Parchure as Asylum Patient (Michael)
Nagesh Bhonsle as Anthony
Shaurya Chauhan as Mental Hospital Nurse
Saurabh Dubey as Church Priest
Neelu Nasreen