By Taran Adarsh, April 8, 2003 - 13:49 IST
SUPARI is a film about today's youth – their wants, their desires and how far they would go to achieve that.
Easy money was what Aryan [Uday Chopra] Papad [Rahul Dev], Chicken [Purab Kohli] and Mushy [Akash Saigal] wanted. And the one person who showed them the easiest way to make all their dreams come true was Mamta Sekhri [Nandita Das].
Aryan and his friends place a heavy sum of money on a bet allegedly rigged in their favour. And lose. It was money they didn't have in the first place. All their confidence and faith in their luck does not impress the 'bhais' who come to collect the money.
A hapless Aryan turns to Pandit, the 'paanwallah' who had helped them place the bet. A now hostile Pandit suggests meting a lady called Mamta Sekhri.
The mysterious Mamta makes a deep impact on Aryan. He is almost relieved, though surprised, by her maternal attitude in willing to help him when she offers him gun and a cover photograph for a contract murder (supari). The usually cool Aryan loses his composure but provoked by her contempt agrees to do the job.
Thus begins the journey of their transformation and a step towards realisation of their dreams. Death becomes a fascinating game and the power that comes with it addictive.
Aryan's relationship with Mamta and his maturity deepens, while the rest of the boys begin to enjoy the power. Misusing it becomes easy till Mamta tightens the strings. Even pseudo-power becomes addictive to Aryan, till he loses his best friend Chicken. Dilnawaz [Nauheed Cyrusi] gets shot by the opposite gang's bullet that was actually meant for Aryan.
Now Aryan wants to get out of it and the only person who can help him with that is Mamta. Aryan's guilt of putting his friends into this whole mess, which they can't get out of or don't want to get out of, drives the film to its climax.
SUPARI co-stars Irfaan Khan and Nisha Arora.
Produced-directed by Padam Kumar, the film has music by Vishal-Shekhar, lyrics by Vishal, screenplay by Padam Kumar, Mushtaq Sheikh and Anuradha Tiwari, dialogues by Sutapa Sikdar, with additional dialogues by Atul Sabharwal, cinematography by T. Ramji and Velraj, choreography by Farah Khan and Rekha Prakash, editing by Sanjay Verma, art by Guruji Bros., sound by Rakesh Ranjan, costumes by Ashley Rebello and action by Ram Shetty.
Meenu A. Kumar is the executive producer, while Krishan Arora is the co-producer.
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