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{{Short description|2010 film by Nagesh Kukunoor}}
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{{Infobox film
| name=Aashayein
| image          = Aashayein-.jpg
| alt            = <!-- see WP:ALT -->
| caption        = Film poster
| director       = [[Nagesh Kukunoor]]
| producer       = [[Percept Picture Company]]<br>T-Series
| writer         = Nagesh Kukunoor
| starring       = [[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]]<br>[[Sonal Sehgal]]<br>[[Prateeksha Lonkar]]<br>[[Girish Karnad]]<br>[[Farida Jalal]]<br>Ashwin Chitale<br>[[Anaitha Nair]]
| music          = [[Pritam]]<br>[[Shiraz Uppal]]<br>[[Salim-Sulaiman]]
| cinematography = [[Sudeep Chatterjee]]
                   [[Vivek Awatare]]
| editing        = [[Apurva Asrani]]
| studio         = Fuji productions
| distributor    = 
| released       = {{Film date|df=yes|2010|8|27}}
| runtime        = 
| country        = India
| language       = Hindi
| budget         = 
| gross          = {{INRConvert|22.0|m}}<ref name="BO2010">{{cite web|title=Box Office: All India 2010|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=366&catName=MjAxMA==|work=Box Office India|access-date=19 March 2012}}{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
}}
'''''Aashayein''''' ({{trans|Hopes}}) is a 2010 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[drama film]] written and directed by [[Nagesh Kukunoor]], and produced by [[Percept Picture Company]] and [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]].<ref>{{cite web| title=IndiaFm.com| work= Nagesh Kukunoor?s next project after Dor | url=http://www.indiafm.com/news/2006/09/13/7823/index.html| access-date=18 December 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071210164057/http://www.indiafm.com/news/2006/09/13/7823/index.html| archive-date= 10 December 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> It stars [[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]] and [[Sonal Sehgal]] in the lead roles.<ref>{{cite web| title=Rediff.com| url=http://in.rediff.com/movies/2007/feb/21look.htm| access-date=18 December 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071231135615/http://in.rediff.com/movies/2007/feb/21look.htm| archive-date= 31 December 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> The film revolves around Rahul, a gambler whose life changes one day when he discovers he's diagnosed with [[cancer]] but is given the hope of living his life to the fullest by several patients he meets at a rehabilitation centre. The film released theatrically on 27 August 2010.

==Plot==
Rahul Sharma ([[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]]) is a compulsive gambler and, while betting, wins 30&nbsp;million rupees. That night he asks his girlfriend, Nafisa ([[Sonal Sehgal]]), to marry him and she agrees. Right after proposing Rahul collapses.

The next day he goes to the doctor for a medical test and finds out that he has cancer. Rahul does not know how to handle this situation, in the middle of the night runs down a street screaming, knowing that he only has months to live. On that night, he finds a piece of newspaper in which he sees an advertisement of a rehabilitation centre for persons with such incurable diseases to spend last days of their life in it. Rahul runs away from his fiancée, leaving back most of the money he earned, for her.

Once Rahul gets into the centre, he meets several people like Parthasarthi ([[Girish Karnad]]) who speaks with the help of an [[electrolarynx]] because of his cancer; Madhu ([[Farida Jalal]]) who was a prostitute and an AIDS patient now; Padma ([[Anaitha Nair]]) a teenage girl with lot of dreams but no life to fulfill them – she can't even walk properly; Govinda (Ashwin Chitale) a comic loving kid, who is said to have certain higher capabilities and everybody treats him as a messenger of God. The relationship between Rahul and each of these people grows with time.

One day Rahul coughs hard and struggles for breath, and he goes to Govinda's room and falls down there. Next day when Rahul wakes up, Govinda offers him mangoes and he tells him a story. The story was similar to the story of Rahul's dreams, in which he imagines himself as [[Indiana Jones (character)|Indiana Jones]]. In the story he is on a mission to find his lost whip which is locked in a box in the palace of death. To find the key of that box, he needs to make free many souls who are in chains. Rahul imagines himself to be Indiana Jones, and Parthasarathy, Madhu etc. as the locked spirits, and Padma as a spirit who motivates Rahul to find the key.

Later, he realises that the key to open all the locks of spirits is his heart and his love. He then arranges a beach program with Padma during which he brings a band that sings about living in the present. Prominent actor [[Shreyas Talpade]] appears as the lead singer in this song. Rahul asks everybody to write down their one wish and put it in a pot. Then he and Padma exchanges their wishes. They form the Wish Fairy Club and fulfill everybody's wishes.

Rahul and Padma were about to be in a physical relationship, but Rahul resists. Padma gets angry and throws off her wig to Rahul; she is bald, due to her disease. Padma's condition gets worse and Rahul looks for her wish pot. He finds that her last wish is to make love with Rahul. Rahul agrees and kisses Padma, and she dies at the moment.

Rahul finds an Indiana Jones costume and a whip in the Wish Fairy Club closet, which he had wished for and given by Padma. Rahul's condition gets worse, and Nafisa re-enters the story. It is revealed that Padma had called Nafisa before her death and asked her to take care of Rahul. Meanwhile, Govinda tell the further story to Rahul and Rahul desperately begin to search for some 'Naksha' (Treasure Map) which will lead him to a waterfall to cure his cancer. He then realises that the waterfall is near a resort in Himalayas which was once the biggest dream of Rahul.

The closing scene of the movie shows Rahul and Nafisa leaving the rehabilitation centre. They are going on a journey to that resort to drink water from that waterfall which will cure Rahul's cancer permanently.

==Cast==
* [[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]] as Rahul Sharma – An angry and confused compulsive gambler. Wishes to live the life he has been dreaming of
* [[Sonal Sehgal]] as Nafisa – Doting, loving, loyal girlfriend. Wishes that love always wins.
* [[Anaitha Nair]] as Padma – She is impetuous, obnoxious, full of life. Wishes to experience love.
* [[Prateeksha Lonkar]] as Sister Grace – She will bend her principles for the greater good. Wishes to dedicate her life for the happiness of her inmates.
* [[Girish Karnad]] as Parthasarthi – Fun loving, "uncle" to everyone, stupidly stubborn on his principles. Wishes to be reunited with his family.
* [[Farida Jalal]] as Madhu – Intelligent, virtuous, loving. Wishes to just lead a normal life and not be ostracised.
* [[Ashwin Chitale]] as Govinda – Ten years old, loves comics, mangoes and tells stories. Wishes that everyone's life be just like a comic book. Ashwin Chitale is a child actor who starred in the Marathi film ''[[Shwaas]]''.
* Vikram Inamdar as Xavier
* [[Sonali Sachdev]] as Doctor (at clinic)
* Sharad Wagh as Priest
* [[Shreyas Talpade]] as the lead singer of a band (special appearance).
* [[Vijay Raghavn]] (special appearance).

==Production==
''Aashayein'' was shot on locations in [[Pondicherry|Puducherry]] and [[Hyderabad, India]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Glamsham.com|work=BOMBAY TO BANGKOK TO AASHAYEIN TO TASVEER! |url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/07/jun/19_bombay_to_bangkok_to_aashayein_to_tasveer.asp/rssarticleshow/2291157.cms |access-date=13 January 2008}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> John Abraham had to lose 16 kilos for the film.<ref>{{cite web |first = Pankaj |last = Sabnani |title = John's Weighty Issues |url = http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3033681.cms |work = Indiatimes |date = 13 May 2008 |access-date = 13 May 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080513200407/http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3033681.cms |archive-date = 13 May 2008 |url-status = dead }}</ref> The title is inspired by the song "Aashayein" from Nagesh Kukunoor directed film ''[[Iqbal (film)|Iqbal]]''.

==Track list==
{{Infobox album
| name       = Aashayein
| type       = soundtrack
| artist     = [[Pritam]]<br>[[Salim-Sulaiman]]<br>[[Shiraz Uppal]]
| cover      =
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|df=yes|2010|7|27}}
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Film soundtrack]]
| length     = 58:24
| label      = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| producer   = [[Pritam]], [[Shiraz Uppal]], [[Salim-Sulaiman]]
| chronology = [[Pritam]]
| prev_title = [[Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai]]
| prev_year  = 2010
| next_title = [[Hello Darling]]
| next_year  = 2010
}}
This music is composed by [[Pritam]], [[Salim-Sulaiman]] (Ab mujhko jeena) and [[Shiraz Uppal]] (Rabba).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.musicaloud.com/2010/07/27/music-review-aashayein/|title=Music Review – Aashayein|date=27 July 2010}}</ref> The lyrics are penned by Mir Ali Husain. The music was released on 27 July.

{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Mera Jeena Hai Kya | extra1 = [[Neeraj Shridhar]] | length1 = 5:53
| title2 = Dilkash Dildaar Duniya | extra2 = [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[Tulsi Kumar]] | length2 = 3:55
| title3 = Rabba | extra3 = [[Shiraz Uppal]] | length3 = 4:30
| title4 = Ab Mujhko Jeena | extra4 = [[Zubeen Garg]], Samishka Chandra | length4 = 5:15
| title5 = Shukriya Zindagi | extra5 = [[Shafqat Amanat Ali]] | length5 = 4:22
| title6 = Pal Main Mila Jahan | extra6 = [[Shreya Ghoshal]] | length6 = 5:29
| title7 = Chala Aaya Pyaar | extra7 = [[Mohit Chauhan]] | length7 = 5:18
| title8 = Pal Main Mila Jahan | extra8 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]] | length8 = 5:30
| title9 = Mera Jeena Hai Kya | note9 = Remix | extra9 = Neeraj Shridhar | length9 = 6:36
| title10 = Ab Mujhko Jeena | note10 = Remix | extra10 = [[Zubeen Garg]], Samishka Chandra | length10 = 4:28
| title11 = Shukriya Zindagi | note11 = Remix | extra11 = Shafqat Amanat Ali | length11 = 4:29
| title12 = Dilkash Dildaar Duniya | note12 = Remix | extra12 = Shaan, Tulsi Kumar | length12 = 3:34
| title13 = Shukriya Zindagi | note13 = Sad Version | extra13 = Shafqat Amanat Ali | length13 = 1:50
}}

==Critical reception==
[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]] rated the film 3.5 out of 5 saying, "This is unarguably Kukunoor’s most sensitive and moving work since "Iqbal". It touches the heart".<ref>{{cite web|title='Aashayein'- Movie Review : It touches the heart |url=http://www.worldsnap.com/news/entertainment/movie-review/aashayein-movie-review-it-touches-the-heart-90662.html |publisher=WorldSnap |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100829094406/http://www.worldsnap.com/news/entertainment/movie-review/aashayein-movie-review-it-touches-the-heart-90662.html |archive-date=29 August 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref> Rajeev Masand of IBN gave 1.5/5 and commented, "''Aashayein'' is a difficult film to sit through (...) it is in fact a serious test of your patience."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100831020524/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masands-aashayein-is-difficult-to-sit-through/129749-47-84.html Masand's: 'Aashayein' is difficult to sit through]. Retrieved 31 August 2010.</ref> Noyon Jyoti Parasara of AOL rated the film 2 out of 5 and said, "...nothing comes through except disappointment.".<ref>{{cite web|title= AOL Movie Review 'Aashayein'|url=http://www.aolbollywood.com/2010/08/27/aashayein-movie-review}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Award Ceremony
! Category
! Recipient
! Result
! Ref.(s)
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[3rd Mirchi Music Awards]]
| [[Mirchi Music Award for Upcoming Music Composer of The Year|Upcoming Music Composer of The Year]]
| [[Shiraz Uppal]] – "Rabba"
| {{won}}
| rowspan=2 |<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.radiomirchi.com/mma2010/hindi/nominees.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110130070949/http://www.radiomirchi.com/mma2010/hindi/nominees.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-01-30|title=Nominees – Mirchi Music Award Hindi 2010|date=30 January 2011|access-date=2018-09-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.radiomirchi.com/mma2010/hindi/winers.php|title=Winners – Mirchi Music Award Hindi 2010}}</ref>
|-
| [[Mirchi Music Award for Upcoming Lyricist of The Year|Upcoming Lyricist of The Year]]
| Shakeel Sohail – "Rabba"
| {{nom}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.aashayeinthefilm.com/}}
*{{IMDb title|id=1227524|title=Aashayein}}

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