Cast :: John Abraham, Anaitha Nair, Sonal Seghal & Farida JalalRahul Sharma (John Abraham) is all set to marry girlfriend Nafisa ( Sonal Sehgal) after amassing a huge sum in gambling. Life seems to be on song, until he discovers he has cancer. How does Rahul cope with the threat of death round the corner? Does he crumble and give up or does he manage to rediscover life in what's left of it....
The film may have been lying in limbo for over two years now, but this does not detract from the quality of this small and sensitive film that takes a look at terminal illness in a totally non-filmy fashion. Okay, the theme may be depressing: the big bad C-word and the attendant fears that go with it. But Kukunoor chooses to look at it from the other side of midnight.... From a vantage point where fear and despair are replaced by a life-sustaining desire to wrench out all the beauty from the world before curtain call by a bunch of death row patients.
When Rahul learns about his debilitated state, he runs away from his devoted girlfriend (Sonal) and ends up in a home for terminal patients. He hopes to hide his pain away from the people he loves and longs for. But the home literally turns out to be a home away from home where the hopeless man rediscovers new hope, new friends, unbound happiness, a lightness of being and a new purpose in life. But more than all this, he gets a chance to live out his favourite fantasy: playing Indiana Jones in a veritable temple of doom, complete with hat and whip. His job is wish fulfillment... a valiant attempt to ensure the inmates die with a smile on their lips.
But more than all this, it is the new relationship he strikes with the 17-year-old, tantrum-throwing Padma (Anaitha Nair) that adds a zing to the proceedings. Rahul and Padma kick up some fine chemistry with their unusual pairing which defies traditional definitions. Like true soul mates, they learn to share and respect each other's pain and grief, even as they revel in fun and games on the picturesque beach resort with its odd assortment of sad-and-happy inmates.
Don't go looking for popcorn stuff and Aashayein is sure to hold your attention with its gentle grace and dignity. Also, watch out for heart-warming performances by John Abraham and Anaitha Nair who lend credibility to the role of terminal patients celebrating life before the final salute.
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