Lamhaa


Lamhaa Hindi , Urdu , translation Moment is a Bollywood action thriller film written and directed by Rahul Dholakia, released onJuly 2010. Set in Kashmir, the film is a story about an army officer, played by Sanjay Dutt, and his love interest, played by Bipasha Basu, in the midst of the various issues that Kashmir had faced over the years. It also features Anupam Kher and Kunal Kapoor in supporting roles.

Filming began in Kashmir onOctober 2008. During November 2008, Bipasha Basu left the shooting of the film hours before Sanjay Dutt landed in Srinagar to start shooting with her but she left without informing the unit. They then decided to shoot the action sequences in Manali instead. After Basus abrupt departure, producer Bunty Walia and director Rahul Dholakia asked Basu to arrive on the set onJanuary 2009 and that they would cast Vidya Balan as a replacement in case she does not comply. Basu then arrived on the specified date after security arrangements were tightened and explained that she got scared in Kashmir after the crowd gathering became uncontrollable. During May 2009, Rahul Dholakia collapsed on the sets and shooting was delayed up toMay after doctors advised Dholakia bed rest for one month. Eventually the entire film was shot in sets of Kashmir erected in Film City, Mumbai, for which production designer Wasiq Khan brought in two truckloads of chinar tree leaves from Kashmir.The film received mixed reviews from critics. On the reviewaggregation website, ReviewGang, the film scored 5.510 based onreviews. Sukanya Verma of Rediff rated itand said, Utimately, Lamhaas relevance lies in its ability to give you an overview, even if its a crammed one, about the ugliness of greed and intolerance through the example of Kashmir. Noyon Jyoti Parasara of AOL rated it 3.55 and stated, Very truly it does delve right into the primary problem. But this time, unlike most other movies made on the same subject, it does not stay on a superficial level. Nikhat Kazmi of Times of India rated it 3.55 saying, Lamhaa is a noholdsbarred look at the multilayered turmoil in Kashmir, with so many reallife references that you end up with just one conclusion now heres a real film about a real problem. Mayank Shekhar of the Hindustan Times rated itand said, Its not easy to make sense of Kashmir. Its harder still then to make

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