Accident on Hill Road is a 2009 Indian film, directed by Mahesh Nair and produced by Nari Hira, starring Farooq Sheikh, Abhimanyu Singh, and Celina Jaitly. The film is an authorised remake of the 2007 American film Stuck,[2] which is based on the true story of Chante Mallard and her murder of Gregory Glenn Biggs.[3]
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| Directed by | Mahesh Nair |
| Written by | Varun Grover (dialogues) |
| Story by | Mahesh Nair Siddharth Parmar Stuart Gordon |
| Produced by | Nari Hira |
| Starring | Farooq Sheikh Abhimanyu Singh Celina Jaitly Rukhsar Rehman |
| Cinematography | Ravi Walia |
| Edited by | Amit Parmar |
| Music by | Raju Singh |
| Distributed by | Magna Film Production |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | 2.5 crore[1] |
Plot
editSonam (Celina Jaitly) is approved for a job in London for which she has to go for VISA checks. She drinks too much alcohol at a party and then drives the car herself despite warnings by her friends. She subsequently runs over a man named Prakash (Farooq Sheikh) on her way home from the party that night. She tries to drive the car to her parking lot secretly and searches for help. She cannot afford to go to the police because it can lead to strict punishment for 'drinking and driving' and her VISA could be cancelled. Thus, she keeps Prakash in the parking lot. With all these problems, she is late arriving the next day to the hospital in which she works.
Without any other options, she takes the help of her drug dealer boyfriend Sid (Abhimanyu Singh). Sid consoles her, and they have sex. The next day, they both plan to just kill Prakash and dump him. However, as soon as Sid begins to execute the plan, it goes in an unexpected direction. Prakash kills Sid when Sid tries to do the deed. Now Sonam finds out that Prakash is alive and Sid is dead. To avoid a police case or any other trouble, she plans to kill him at any cost. But Prakash somehow dodges her and tries to escape the parking garage. While making this attempt, Sonam hits him in the head and almost kills him. She pulls him back to the garage and pours diesel all over the garage and tries to burn it. Meanwhile, Prakash uses the car and dashes Sonam. He again tries to escape while Sonam begs for help. In anger of helplessness, she shoots at Prakash, which burns the whole garage. Sonam dies, but Prakash gets out, and some people spot him and rescue him.
Cast
edit- Farooq Sheikh as Prakash Shrivastava
- Abhimanyu Singh as Sid
- Celina Jaitly as Sonam Chopra
- Manmeet Singh as Cab driver
- Rukhsar Rehman as Warden
- Shammi as Mrs. Wadia
Release
editCritical reception
editAccident on Hill Road received mostly negative reviews from critics. Rajeev Masand said the film is "unintentionally comical",[2] Taran Adarsh gave it only one star out of five[4] and Nithya Ramani of Rediff called it "a terrible excuse for a film".[5]
See also
edit- Stuck, the original 2007 American film
- Creepshow 2, a 1987 horror anthology film including the segment "The Hitch-hiker" in which a similar vehicular homicide is portrayed and the zombie-like victim follows the driver all the way back to her garage.
References
edit- ^ Bollywood Trade News Network (8 January 2009). "Interview : Mahesh Nair". Glam Sham.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
- ^ a b Masand, Rajeev (1 January 2010). "Accident on Hill Road a test of endurance". CNN-IBN. Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
- ^ Christy Lemire (9 June 2008). "'Stuck' looks at true story of 2001 Texas car crash with dark humour". CTV News. Archived from the original on 15 June 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
- ^ Taran Adarsh (31 December 2009). "Accident on Hill Road". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
- ^ Nithya Ramani (31 December 2009). "Stay away from Accident on Hill Road". Rediff. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
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