Dor is a true tribute paid by film maker Nagesh Kukunoor to the resilience and inner strength of women irrespective of their background. Story tells the rather poignant tale of commonplace people and their rather hide and seek with destiny. While lives of people who have infinite degrees of separation suddenly get intertwined, there is bound to be endless possibilities of change of course of events in the lives of the people concerned. Zeenat (played with enormous amount of maturity and grace by Gul Panag) heads on a mission impossible to find Meera (Ayesha Takia) who has been widowed when her husband dies of an accident in Saudi Arabia. However the dor or the link is that Zeenat's husband Amir was his roommate and had a hand in his death while it not being intentional. In Saudi, Amir has been sentenced to death and only the wife of the deceased by providing a pardon to the accused can allow amir to walk free. Zeeant comes to Rajasthan where in an oppressive haveli, meera has begun the live of a condemnation.
Enroute Zeenat finds an unlikely good Samaritan in a trickster come mimic played once again adorably by Shreyas Talpade with consummate ease. He guides her to Jodhpur where they zero in on the haveli where meera resides.A beautiful friendship starts to build between the women who met at a desolate temple every evening. The moment of truth is however around the corner and cannot be escaped. With this haunting dilemma facing zeenat, we head into the last half hour of the movie simply feeling for these lives. That i feel is where Nagesh has also got the viewer into the dor. Kudos to Nagesh and some truly sincere performances by Ayesha Takia, Gul Panag (she deserves better projects) and Shreyas Talpade. Support roles are equally well cast. Akin to the movie paheli, rajasthan in the hands of a skilled cinematographer becomes a land of magical colours and breathes life as a canvass. Enjoy this movie alone in your world or with a loved one.
Enroute Zeenat finds an unlikely good Samaritan in a trickster come mimic played once again adorably by Shreyas Talpade with consummate ease. He guides her to Jodhpur where they zero in on the haveli where meera resides.A beautiful friendship starts to build between the women who met at a desolate temple every evening. The moment of truth is however around the corner and cannot be escaped. With this haunting dilemma facing zeenat, we head into the last half hour of the movie simply feeling for these lives. That i feel is where Nagesh has also got the viewer into the dor. Kudos to Nagesh and some truly sincere performances by Ayesha Takia, Gul Panag (she deserves better projects) and Shreyas Talpade. Support roles are equally well cast. Akin to the movie paheli, rajasthan in the hands of a skilled cinematographer becomes a land of magical colours and breathes life as a canvass. Enjoy this movie alone in your world or with a loved one.