Review: Unns
Unns is an audacious attempt, directed by Bhupendra Gupta. The conventional Indian audience often fails to identify with or to take up the subject matter of such stories that are too advanced for the prevalent social norms.
Ria (played by Rituparna Sengupta) was in love with Rishi (Sudhanshu Pande), a mogul in the ad world. But the love does not culminate in marriage. Ria marries Rahul (Sanjay Kapoor) who is the perfect life-partner, devoted to his wife. But Ria fails to feel the same passion and affection for him.
However, soon Ria starts entering into deliberate confrontations with Rahul and in the end, decides to divorce him. Rahul is devastated, and tries to consummate the marriage. He comes from the background of a broken family and fosters the yearning to make his marriage successful. The story is narrated by Ria’ss friend Natasha (Juhi Babbar). She realizes that Rahul is the best and loving husband. She tries to make Ria see reason and to prevent her from breaking the marriage. But Natasha’s boyfriend Sameer supports Ria in her decision. So Natasha ends up opposing both Ria and Sameer in her bid to help Rahul.
The problem is that the script somewhat lacks credibility, and the dowdy screenplay is not riveting enough to hold your fancy. The clashes and conflicts are not allowed to build up to there full extent. Thus the plotline lacks a punch. Even the music by Sujeet Shetty only adds to the overall ennui. However, the cinematography by Ishwar Bidri excels and is worth mentioining.
As far as acting is concerned, Juhi Babbar puts up a refined act. Rituparna Sengupta is alright, and just about it. Sanjay Kapoor is competent, but Sudhanshu Pandey is confused and Aman Verma, too ostentatious.
The lack of credibility of the plot is the main reason why the success of Unns at the box-office is redoubtable.
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