| Issaq (2013) Also Known As: Ishaq, Ishq Country: India Language: Hindi Year: 2013 Color/BW: COLOR Category: Feature Film Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Description In this original Indian adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet we see the story transposed to Banaras and its neigbouring areas that are witness to violence unleashed by sand mafia controlled by urban elite and equally violent retaliation by Naxalite armies. The sand mafia is run by two influential Banarasi families, Kashyaps and Mishras, who are at brutal feud with each other. Kashyap has an 18-year old, pretty and innocent daughter Bachchi from his first wife. On the other hand, Mishra's son Rahul is a good-looking teenager with predictable interests for a boy of his background - Girls & Guns! Things change when the battle-hardened and pleasure-seeking Rahul and romantic yet head strong Bachchi fall in love. Disregarding the consequences, the young lovers choose go ahead with the dictats of their hearts. What follows is a high octane action-filled drama. Manish Tiwary's Issaq turns into a commentary on the meaning of love in contemporary India!
Cast: Prateik Babbar, Evelyn Sharma, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Ravi Kissen, Prashant Narayanan, Makrand Deshpande, Neena Gupta, Sudhir Pandey, Amit Sial, Prashaant Kumar, Saurabh Yadav, Ishtiyak Khan, Sandeep Bose, Vineet Kumar, Yogesh Suri, Malini Awasthi, Amyra Dastur |
