Ab...Bas!

Ab...Bas! (transl. Now...enough!) is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language romantic thriller film directed by Rajesh Singh and starring Diana Hayden and Shawar Ali. The film was inspired by the 2002 Hollywood film Enough (2002).^[1]

Ab...Bas!
Directed by	Rajesh Singh
Written by	Atul Sharma (dialogue)
Screenplay by	Kamal Pandey
Story by	Atul Sharma
Produced by	Raju Mavani
Starring	Diana Hayden Shawar Ali
Cinematography	Ajay Pandey
Edited by	K. Ravi Kumar
Music by	Daboo Malik
Production company	Jayraj Productions
Release date	26 November 2004 (2004-11-26)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Plot

Soumya, an Indian model, falls for Karan and leaves her job for him. Later, she finds out that he is a cheater and escapes.^[2] What happens next forms the rest of the story.^[3]

Cast

• Diana Hayden as Soumya
• Shawar Ali as Karan
• Arun Bakshi as Soumya's foster father
• Neena Kulkarni as Soumya's foster mother
• Raju Kher as Soumya's father
• Praveen Sirohi as Soumya's friend
• Negar Khan (item number in "Kehta Hai Mera Dil")

Production

The song "Tu Ishq Mera Hai" was shot at a floating market in Bangkok.^[1]

Soundtrack

Reception

A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "A single viewing is sure to give you a splitting headache".^[3] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama wrote that "On the whole, the target audience for AB? BAS! are the masses and it should keep them content".^[1] Subhash K. Jha of IANS wrote that "Ab...Bas! is the kind of phoney film about a social conscience that pricks the bubble of its whitewashed intentions".^[4] A critic from Full Hyderabad wrote that "Surprisingly, sometimes, just sometimes, they actually make such movies - movies that make the life of any reviewer difficult as he runs amuck looking for superlatives".^[5]