Aitbaar

After Neha is abused by her husband Jaideep, she goes back to her ex-lover. She is caught in a dilemma when Jaideep returns and promises to mend his behavior; however, Jaideep has his own motive.

A brilliantly directed remake of the Hitchcock classic "Dial M for Murder" where Raj Babbar assumes the Ray Milland role, the murderously scheming husband, and the exquisite Dimple Kapadia is in the Grace Kelly role. Suresh Oberoi plays her ex-lover whose shoulder she leans on when her husband's horrid behaviour hits the fan. The pace is nifty, the tension is unbearable at some points, and though it's a Bollywood film, any such masala style melodrama is kept at a minimum, and a touch of class pervades in the air as well as menace. There are good performances all around, even Naseeruddin Shah, whom I don't like, but the accolades has to go to Raj Babbar whose transition from a horrible husband to a caring one is effortless. He's cold, scheming and his lurking in the corner in Sagar secretly observing his wife and her lover is right sinister. The climax ends with a fitting conclusion.

Mukul Anand's films always had a touch of class. And this remake of Hitchcock's "Dial M for Murder" is special. The plot is effortlessly Indianized, although it is difficult to imagine why any husband, however vain and philandering he may be, would want to snuff the life out of the beauteous Dimple Kapadia. She's a vision. Almost a match for Hitchcock's ice maiden, the incandescent Grace Kelly.

Cinema has never been such an effective vehicle for whodunnits. Why did a murder take place? That's something films tackle well. Not who did it. Even the original Hitchcock film was much too wordy. Anand has made game attempts to make it more visual but as a whodunnit it still doesn't work. The whole plot hinges on the key hidden underneath the staircase carpet. It's a bit too much, when the revelation eventually comes. Much ado about so little, you sigh! The other event in the film that makes you sigh is a sizzling dance done in skimpy clothes by Leena Das for Raj Babbar. Leena sizzles.

As expected bollywood can never make originals good so 1 because they have copied the movie and haven't acknowledged the original.

this film has all the gripping qualities of the original attuned to an indian context and manages to combine an essential ingredient of mainstream indian cinema i e music and songs with other ingredients of quality world cinema namely emotion drama and thrills the latter being elements of the suspense category the intellignt use of flashbacks and continuity reveal the making of a future hihghly talented and extremely hard working artist alas gone away too soon a must for those viewers who would like to explore different avenues of indian cinema

Movie is a Masterpiece,, Excellent Performance by Raj Babbar, Dimple Kapadia, Danny,,, Superb Direction ,,Great Thrill & Suspense,,Beautiful Music,,, You will always wait for the next scene to come,, I gladly rate 9/10