Pyaasa (2002 film)

Pyaasa (transl. eternally thirsty) is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language film directed by A. Muthu. The film tells the story of Suraj (Aftab Shivdasani), a young man, full of dreams, aspirations, and desire but no money. He is desperate for money. He meets the anchor of his life, Sheetal Oberoi (Yukta Mookhey in her first major leading role in Hindi cinema), boss of a Mega Corporate company, who has a lot of money with her.^[1][2]

Pyaasa
Directed by	A. Muthu
Written by	Sanjeev Duggal
Produced by	Ramesh Sharma
Starring	Yukta Mookhey Aftab Shivdasani Zulfi Syed Govind Namdeo Saadhika
Cinematography	Harmeet Singh
Music by	Sanjeev Darshan Nikhil-Vinay
Release date	11 October 2002 (2002-10-11)
Running time	145 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Plot

Pyaasa is a love triangle with revenge as its base. Suraj aspires to be a millionaire some day, but all hopes of making it big are squashed by his father and uncle, who don't approve of selling their ancestral land. Sheetal, a tycoon, hires Suraj to work for her business empire. Prem is Suraj's cousin and an accomplished businessman, whom Suraj detests. What Suraj does not know is that Sheetal is just using him as a pawn to exact revenge from Prem and his father, Dharam Thakur.^[3]

Cast

• Aftab Shivdasani as Suraj Thakur^[4]
• Yukta Mookhey as Sheetal Oberoi^[3]
• Zulfi Syed as Prem Thakur
• Anang Desai as Dharam Thakur
• Akhilendra Mishra as Mr. Oberoi
• Govind Namdeo as Mr. Thakur
• Saadhika as Simran Thakur
• Smita Jaykar as Mrs. Thakur
• Arif Zakaria
• Mukesh Tiwari
• Sanjay Narvekar
• Sardool Sikander in a special appearance
• Satyavrat Mudgal as Aftab's Friend

Soundtrack

#	Title	Singer(s)	Lyricist	Composer
1	"Milti Hai Jhukti Hai"	Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik	Praveen Bhardwaj	Music By: Daboo Malik
2	"Tere Pyar Ka Chhaya Nasha"	Adnan Sami, Sunidhi Chauhan, Abhijeet	Faaiz Anwar	Music By: Sanjeev-Darshan
3	"Milte Milte Sanam"	Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik	Faiz Anwar	Music By: Nikhil-Vinay
4	"Soni Roop Di"	Sardool Sikander	Dev Kohli	Music By: Anand Raaj Anand
5	"Na Jaane Mera Kya Hoga"	Sonu Nigam	Faiz Anwar	Music By: Sanjeev-Darshan
6	"Tere Pyar Ka Nasha"	Abhijeet, Sunidhi Chauhan	Faiz Anwar	Music By: Sanjeev-Darshan
7	"Usko Pata Hai"	Sudesh Bhosle	Narendra Bedi	Music By: Sanjeev-Darshan
8	"Aankhon Mein Leke Pyar"	Udit Narayan, Karsan Sanghita, Kavita Krishnamurthy	Faiz Anwar	Music By: Sanjeev-Darshan
9	"Is Mohabbat Ke Siva"	Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik	Faiz Anwar	Music By: Sanjeev-Darshan

Reception

Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM gave the film 1 out of 5, writing, "PYAASA is a typical commercial film with loads of everything, romance, action, songs Presented in an oft-repeated fashion, the film turns out to be a predictable fare as the plot thickens."^[5]