Paap Dvd

Paap (transl. The sin) is a 2003 Indian crime thriller film, directed by Pooja Bhatt in her directorial debut, and features John Abraham, Udita Goswami, Gulshan Grover and Mohan Agashe. Though the film did extremely average business at the box office but received considerable critical acclaim, especially for its cinematography, direction and Mahesh Bhatt’s Indianised adaptation of Peter Weir’s 1985 English film Witness. The film is remembered for its soundtrack and also marked the Bollywood debut of singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan with Mann Ki Lagan.

Plot

The story is about a young girl, Kaaya (Udita Goswami), living in the beautifully serene valley of Spiti, waiting to join a Buddhist monastery, an idea which has been fed to her since childhood by her father (Mohan Agashe) and one which she has never questioned. When Lama Norbu, a senior lama from the monastery has a dream that the Buddhist teacher, Rinpoche has been reborn, he sends Kaaya to Delhi to bring him back to the monastery. Kaaya goes to Delhi and manages to get the child, but just when they are about to return home, the child witnesses the murder of a police officer in a hotel. The investigations are taken over by another police officer, Shiven (John Abraham) who prohibits Kaaya and the young boy from returning home. During this time, the boy identifies Raj Mehra (Gulshan Grover) as the murderer. Soon Shiven finds himself in a web of intrigue and deceit where he can trust no one. He is forced to make an escape to Spiti along with Kaaya and the young boy who he is now determined to protect. Shiven has however seriously been injured and upon reaching Spiti has to undergo treatment at Kaaya’s home.

While nursing him back to health, Kaaya is attracted to Shiven, an exciting feeling she has never experienced before. Shiven too finds himself drawn to Kaya, a girl unlike any he has ever known. Kaya is caught in a dilemma for she has too long subdued her basic instincts and desires in her search for the ‘ultimate truth’. A sexual attraction is one that her conditioned mind sees as a sin (paap), but one she cannot deny. Shiven sees this dilemma and tries to show Kaya that there is a life out there which she has a full right to live. In the meantime, Kaya’s father finds out about what has been going on under his roof and is furious with Shiven. He sees Shiven as a polluting influence upon his peaceful life, a man who has brought defiling things like pistols into their home. At this juncture, Shiven’s past catches up with them and Mehra’s men are close on his heels.

After much chaos, finally Shiven and Kaaya are shown re-uniting with the passionate kiss in the climax.

Cast

John Abraham – Inspector Shiven (voice-over by Viraj Adhav)
Udita Goswami – Kaaya
Gulshan Grover – ACP Raj Mehra
Mohan Agashe – Kaaya’s father
Bikramjeet Kanwarpal – Ratan Singh
Denzil Smith – Lama Norbu
Sandeep Mehta – Sushil Mathur, DCP
Anahita Uberoi – Anna
Madan Bhiku – Llahmo, the reincarnated boy
Ahsan Baksh – Zakir
Vikram Kapadia – Anna’s husband
Aishwarya Mehta – Niloufer, Zakir’s wife
Netaji – Lama Dorje
Ritika Luthria – DCP’s wife
Megha Burman – DCP’s daughter