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By Taran Adarsh, November 17, 2006 - 14:14 IST
 Certain stories are way ahead of times to gel with the
Indian sensibilities. There's nothing wrong with them
as such, but it's difficult to absorb such themes by
the traditional audiences. UNNS is one such story!
UNNS is a story narrated by Natasha [Juhi Babbar]
about her close friend Ria [Rituparna Sengupta], who
gets married to Rahul [Sanjay Kapoor] on a rebound.
Rahul, an ideal husband, truly loves his wife.
Unfortunately, Ria is unable to reciprocate Rahul's
love in the same way as he does.
Ria's first love, Rishi [Sudhanshu Pande], is a
advertising tycoon who she really loved once upon a
time. Rishi too loved her, but they could not get
married.
Succumbing to her consciences, Ria deliberately starts
picking up fights with Rahul and one day tells him
that she has decided to end the marriage. Rahul is
shattered. Natasha's boyfriend Sameer [Aman Verma], a
lawyer, helps Ria. Natasha understands that Ria cannot
get a better husband than Rahul and discourages her
from divorce. But Ria is adamant.
Rahul, a product of a broken family and the one who
probably nursed a desire to keep his family always
happy, wants to save his marriage. Natasha stands
against her own boyfriend Sameer as well as Ria and
helps Rahul in this process.
Besides a theme that's difficult to digest, there's
one prime reason why UNNS doesn't catch your
attention: The screenplay is far from gripping. Be it
Sudhanshu's characterization or the courtroom
sequences, the film could've done with a taut
screenplay.
Bhupendra Gupta's direction is average. The conflict
between the characters is not fully developed and
hence, the impact is missing. Music [Sujeet Shetty]
too is dull. Cinematography [Ishwar Bidri] is
first-rate.
Juhi Babbar stands the tallest as far as acting is
concerned. She delivers a polished performance. Sanjay
Kapoor is able. Rituparna Sengupta does a fair job.
Sudhanshu Pande looks lost. Aman Verma tends to go
over the top.
On the whole, UNNS has limited chances due to a
not-too-convincing plotline. At the box-office, it has
dim chances!
Rating:- *
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