Aishwarya Rai in Shabd

SHABD

Art for the sake of art is really good but we cannot put real life into test for the sake of art’s Excellency. Art at the cost of life is nothing but a mere disaster. Shabd is an Indian movie released in 2005. It is written and directed by Leena Yadav. Intrinsically repulsive and socially illicit topic has been chosen by the writer. God knows better how she thought about delineating such topic in Indian environment where marital relation is considered a sacred relation and any kind of treachery is unbearable.

Shabd is a story of award winning novelist Shaukat (Sunjay Dutt) who is crazy about writing original theme. After winning award he desperately seeks for a novel topic not to be found in written word ever. For this sake he needs a specimen to do make a deduction and derives a result after making hypothesis. To his psychic nature he asks his wife ( Aishwarya) to act as a lover to his friend (Zayd Khan) without being informing him about her marriage. Situations and environment support such drama as wife ultimately falls for her husband friend, a professor who used to come in Shaukat’s house. Shabd (words) has more value than chaste of a women shows that writer is truly a mad fellow who has no respect for human emotions and prefer his art on his life.

Meetings between professor and Shaukat’s wife are observed by Shaukat himself and he is busy in writing and happy to pen down original passions. However, when Shaukat realizes that his wife is not only acting as a lover but has fallen for his friend really. He feels very jealous as he loves his wife very much. However he is reluctant to allow his wife for her treachery as it was he himself who forces her to go for such relation to make it near real. Now he realizes what mistake he has commited. He put his true marital relation on test for sake of art.

Yadav has gone to a nonsensical topic a sensible mind ever think for approval. And to worst level enacts by pioneer artists as Aishwarya and Sunjay Dutt. To appreciate for the sake of art we can say that cinematography is excellent and Yadav direction is also up to the mark. Music of the film is quite melodious and situational. Tadav can win appreciation if she would go for a general topic even but seeing such work a sort of grudge and repulsion develop in the spectators.