Starring – Lucky Ali, Gauri Karnik, Harsh Vasisht, Divya Dutta, Achint Kaur, Simone Singh and Marijke Desouza
Release Date – September 13, 2002
SYNOPSIS -
Director Tanuja Chandra’s Sur is a touching human drama
that explores the subtle nuances of a relationship between a middle-aged music
teacher and his young female student.
Vikramaditya Singh (Lucky Ali) is a music composer and teacher who runs a small
musical school. Although a singer himself, he is not satisfied with his
compositions. He nurses the dream of finding a great student and polishing his
or her talent.
Vikramaditya’s search ends at Tina Marie (Gauri Karnik) whom he hears singing
at the Sunday church choir. Captivated by Tina’s nightingale voice, he takes
her under his wing and spruces her singing talent. Meanwhile, the two develop a
special fondness for each other.
Although
Vikramaditya is more aged than she is, Tina gets infatuated with him. Slowly, he
moulds her into a brilliant singer and she becomes a better vocalist than he is.
In spite of Vikramaditya's dream coming true he starts feeling jealous towards
Tina after realizing her true potential and talent. Lest he becomes an underdog
to her, he starts undermining her confidence, dominating and overpowering her.
He cuts an album in which he takes Tina’s help but forces her into sidelines,
taking all the credit himself. Shattered by her music teacher’s indifference
and his desire to hog the limelight, Tina willy-nilly packs her bags and returns
to her old life.
After
Tina is gone and Vikramaditya has all the fame that he ever wanted. But his
conscience begins to twinge him. Realizing how tough and unjust he has been on
the poor little girl, Vikram goes back to Tina's town to get her back to the
school.
But this time Vikramaditya’s search leads him to a Tina who is completely
changed. He discovers that she has left her sister’s bar, where she used to
work, and is living in the church where she is contemplating becoming a nun.
Vikramaditya
begs her to come back and sing but to no use. After repeated pleas from
Vikramaditya she relents and agrees to sing only once with him. Just seconds
before the performance Vikramaditya goes missing. The management panics and
requests Tina to sing. Tina finally sings and the crowd is mesmerized by her
voice.
Meanwhile, somewhere in the
parking lot Vikramaditya switches on his radio and hears Tina sing. Tears roll
down his eyes as he realizes that he has finally achieved what he had initially
set out for. Tina has got what she truly deserves.
Sur is a different kind of movie. It is not a typical love story between the two main stars. Plus it's also famous Lucky Ali's solo film. The songs were already heading the charts. Lucky has an amazing voice. But can the singer act?
The answer is yes. He is very impressive. I was quite surprise to see his great performance. He carried the film off very well. I wonder if any other singers will attempt Bollywood (except for Sonu Nigam).
Gauri does an above average job on her acting. Some scenes, her voice was just annoying but her facial expressions are good. Her character is hard to play for a debut film. If people liked Bhagyashree in Maine Pyar Kiya or Amisha Patel in Kaho Naa Pyar Hai, people will definitely like Gauri in Sur. She has a great figure which you can tell at the end. Most of her clothing was not great because of the colors. But her character was not the average or typical type of girls either.
Sur
is a different type of film and that's why I like it a lot. There are
beautiful songs in the film. It was good not to see a filmi dance song
where everyone came out of nowhere and knew all the dance steps. Or was it
a hero/heroine type of song dancing. However, there are two songs that can
fall into that category but when you watch the film, you can tell it's
different.
Many people probably won't appreciate or even watch Sur because of its difference. The movie is definitely worth watching. You won't find a Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge or Satya but you'll find a film that is different and will touch your heart. It is on my top 5 of 2002.
8.5 out of 10
NiCKi