Priceless & Tere mere sapne

Yesterday when I got back home it was almost midnight. Lying down on the floor I started to flip through channels. As it often happens that you don't find anything worth watching, I was about to give up and then suddenly I saw a face that I can watch whole day.

It was Audrey Tautou's. Before her an actress which made me stare at her was coincidentally another Audrey and of course she was the unforgettable Audrey Hepburn.

Audrey & Audrey

This Audrey is probably the only modern actress who makes me skip a heartbeat. She has charm which makes me feel that I should be around her. Her smile is so infectious that I would do anything to keep her smiling. When she is sad I feel sad. I really don't know if there is anyone who would dislike her. She is charming enough to even make a heartless guttersnipe melt.

Most people know her from Amelie, A very long engagement or from the Da Vinci Code. But I loved her in 'Hors de prix' (Pricesless). She plays a gold digger called Irene.

As the movie starts, Irene is gold digger who charms her way into old rich men's life for all the comforts. One day she sleeps with a bartender 'Gad Elmaleh' who she thinks is loaded. But as it happens the 'Old rich guy' catches them and she is thrown out. I do not want to narrate the story and spoil the fun for any one who hasn't seen it.

However, during this movie another movie which caught my attention was Devanand's Tere Mere Sapne. I had seen this movie a long long time ago and hence was annoyed to find two movies which I wanted to see showing up at the same time.

I have always felt that Devanand raised some great social issues through his movies. Sometimes he is ahead of his times. The only problem he has now a days is that he doesn't work with stars and he isn't the force himself to pull it through all by his own.

But 'Tere Mere Sapne' raised some very important issues.

Devanand as a young doctor lands up in a small mining town. He is an idealist and wants to help poor and deprived people. Here he encounters a drunk and depressed doctor in Vijay Anand. Though, Vijay Anand has returned from England to practice in India, he is depressed and dissapointed with the system.

As the movie unfolds Devanand falls in love with Mumtaz and marries her in the village. There is a lovely song where Devanand and Mumtaz are riding on a bicycle and they sing 'Maine kasam lee'.

The story takes a nasty turn when Mumtaz is pregnant and she gets into an accident. Devanand tries very hard to bring the culprit to justice but fails as he is rich. Dejected and dissapointed Devanand leaves everything behind and goes back to town to earn money.

I think its worth watching. So do it and learn how the story unfolds next.