Mast (transl. Enchanted) is a 1999 Indian Hindi musical romantic film directed by Ram Gopal Varma.[1] This was the debut film for Aftab Shivdasani as a lead actor with Urmila Matondkar as the leading actress. Shivdasani won the Star Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male for his performance.
| Mast | |
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| Directed by | Ram Gopal Varma |
| Written by | Vinod Ranganathan Ramesh Khatkar |
| Produced by | Ram Gopal Varma |
| Starring | Urmila Matondkar Aftab Shivdasani Antara Mali |
| Cinematography | Piyush Shah |
| Edited by | Chandan Arora Ashok Honda |
| Music by | Sandeep Chowta |
Production company | Varma Corporation |
| Distributed by | Eros International B4U Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 153 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Synopsis
editKittu is an arts student in Pune and is madly in love with actress and film star Malika. He has posters up on his wall and goes to all of her movies, and even fantasizes that she is there with him when he is watching these items. His father, concerned with his son's declining exam scores, confronts Kittu on his obsession and later tears down the posters. To Kittu, this is almost as bad as murder, and decides to move out and away to Mumbai, where the star, herself, lives.
Unknowing of where to go, he goes to her bungalow, but the security guard shoos him away. He finds a job at a nearby cafe. After interacting with Malika, Kittu soon finds that she is not the girl that he had pictured from her posters and movies. Being a simple orphan, exploited by her evil uncle and his family, Kittu begins to feel sorry for her and even more in love although for an unknown reason she does not report her uncle's actions to the police.
A series of events lead him to the point where he decides to convince her to run away with him. But with her being such a famous icon, Kittu soon finds it harder than he had thought to get away. The police are looking for her as is her family; and after a visit to the home of Kittu's family, as well, they are soon helping Malika enjoy her newfound freedom.
Things take a turn for the worse when Mr. Mathur is taken into custody for allegedly housing the "kidnapped" Malika. The police beat Kittu for information. Malika turns herself in to save them, and she tells the cops that Kittu rescued her and that her uncle is the one who has ill-treated her. The police then take her uncle into custody and whack him.
Malika then returns home, leaving Kittu to his life with his family and Nisha believing that they are in love. Kittu returns home as well and is devastated that she left him without an explanation or goodbye. They visit her on set one day to see that she has returned to her old life, uncle-free, but this meeting is an uncomfortable one. Through her awkward goodbye, Kittu then realizes that she believes that Kittu is going to marry Nisha.
After this realization, he then runs to Malika's dressing room from the cab to tell her of his love and the fact that she has assumed wrong. They have a heartfelt conversation of love and life, and Malika goes on to explain that she thinks that Nisha and Kittu have a love that she cannot come between. She then asks him not to see her anymore and he runs to Nisha to tell her of this belief. After hearing this, Nisha explains the situation that she loves Kittu, but Kittu has always been in love with Malika. Malika and Kittu embrace to express their love.
The closing scene shows that they get married and everyone in the story was there, including his coworkers from the cafe and the taxi driver.
Cast
edit| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Aftab Shivdasani | Krishnakant Mathur "Kittu" |
| Urmila Matondkar | Mallika |
| Dalip Tahil | Mr. Mathur (Kittu's father) |
| Smita Jaykar | Sharda Mathur (Kittu's mother) |
| Govind Namdeo | Toluram (Mallika's uncle) |
| Antara Mali | Nisha |
| Sheetal Suvarna | Nikki Mathur (Kittu's sister) |
| Raju Mavani | Inspector (as Raju Mawani) |
| Neeraj Vora | Usman Bhai (Cafe owner) |
| Snehal Dabi | Autorickshaw Driver |
| Nitin Raikwar | Cafe boy (as Nitin Raikar) |
| Vijay Maurya | Cafe boy |
| Rajpal Yadav | Cafe boy |
| Teddy Maurya | Cafe boy |
| Tapan Bhatt | Cafe boy |
Soundtrack
edit| Mast | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 24 July 1999 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Label | Venus Records & Tapes |
All songs were composed by Sandeep Chowta and written by Nitin Raikwar.
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Mast" | Sandeep Chowta |
| 2 | "Ruki Ruki" | Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan |
| 3 | "Aasman Kehta Hai Rab Se" | Sonu Nigam |
| 4 | "Pucho Na Yaar" | Sonu Nigam, Sadhana Sargam |
| 5 | "Hey Rama Krishna Govinda Gopala" | Asha Bhosle |
| 6 | "Suna Tha" | Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan |
| 7 | "Main Mast" | Sunidhi Chauhan |
| 8 | "Main Tere Dil Ki Malika" | Sonu Nigam, Asha Bhosle |
| 9 | "Na Govinda Na Shah Rukh" | Asha Bhosle |
Reception
editCritical response
editFaisal Shariff of Rediff.com wrote, "Yes, a must see. If not for the storyline, if not for Urmila Matondkar, if not for the music, then because most of us, somewhere within, nurture this secret fantasy of realising our wildest dreams. And that is what Mast is all about. Realising a dream."[2]
Box office
editThe film grossed ₹10.35 crore against a budget of ₹4.5 crore.[3] Boxofficeindia.com called it a "Box office flop" while Anupama Chopra wrote that the film "died an agonisingly quick death at the box office."[3][4]
Accolades
edit| List of awards and nominations | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Award | Ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
| Screen Awards | 6th Screen Awards | Best Male Debut | Aftab Shivdasani | Won | [5] |
| Best Supporting Actress | Antara Mali | Nominated | [6] | ||
| Best Female Playback | Sunidhi Chauhan – "Ruki Ruki" | Nominated | [7] | ||
References
edit- ^ Varma, Ram Gopal (13 October 1999). "'A film has to touch the audience somewhere'" (Interview). Interviewed by Sharmila Taliculam. Mumbai: Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 2005. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ Shariff, Faisal (15 October 1999). "A Mast See!". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 9 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Mast - Movie". Boxofficeindia.com. 15 October 1999. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ Chopra, Anupama (12 June 2000). "Generation Next". India Today. New Delhi: Living Media. Archived from the original on 9 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ "Hum Dil De… sweeps Screen-Videocon awards". The Indian Express. 23 January 2000. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
while Aftab Shivdasani walked upstage to collect his trophy for Best Male Newcomer for Ramgopal Varma's musical, Mast.
- ^ "The 6th Annual Screen Awards – Nominees & Winners for the year 1999". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 18 January 2004. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ "Sixth Annual Screen-Videocon Awards nominations". The Indian Express. 7 January 2000. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.