Storyline

Woh Lamhe tells the story of Sana Azim (Kangana Ranaut) as a Bollywood superstar who is dominated by her boyfriend Nikhil (Shaad Randhawa), who makes all her career decisions for her; to the world she is a successful and independent woman but in reality she is lonely and lost, a mere puppet in Nikhil's hands. Aditya Garewal (Shiney Ahuja) is an aspiring director who is keen on casting Sana for his debut film, but only on his own terms; he is willing to go to any lengths to get her to agree to the film, even if that means preying on her slight insecurities and her turbulent relationship with Nikhil. Nikhil is successful in casting her in her film and the film turns out to be a super-hit. However, he loses track of his plan somewhere along the way and realizes that even though his film is complete and a super-hit, he just can't pull himself away from Sana; he has actually fallen in love with her in spite of his friend Sam (Purab Kohli) reminding Aditya that Sana is just their ladder to success. But Aditya had fallen for her. As the film progresses Aditya realizes that Sana is not just insecure and lonely, but that she is also mentally imbalanced; suffering from acute schizophrenia wherein she is haunted by the imaginary Rani who leads her to believe that everyone is out to kill her. Sana's mother and Nikhil get her admitted to the hospital and resort to shock treatment for her speedy recovery so that she can start shooting for all her assignments again. What follows is Aditya's unshakable belief that he can heal Sana and he giving up his upcoming career in order to take her away from the industry and free Sana from all of her mental demons. However, Sana is unable to break free from her illness and one day walks out of Aditya's life as she no longer wants to be the cause of pain and turbulence in his life. They meet three years after her disappearance in a hospital, post Sana's attempt on her life.—gavin@sunny_deol2009@yahoo.com

Plot Keywords

based on true story, hidden truth, hidden identity, dark hero, dark past, secret past, price of fame, tragic hero, childhood trauma, nostalgia, filmmaking, film studio, movie director, party, rape, wrist slitting, suicide attempt, underwear, mental illness, bare chested male bondage

Short Review

Great movie! Considering when the movie was released, it is ahead of its time. Shows a glimpse into the confusion, frustration and sorrow of being/knowing someone with mental health illnesses. Kangana has mental episodes, which someone who is not educated about mental health to be "crazy" or "psychotic" but thats the stigma that should be eliminated and instead understand where that person is coming from and try to help. The backlash from Shiney towards Kangana portrays at times is normal and realistic because dealing with mental health is not easy.Definitely a must watch and eye opener to real life mental health issues.

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