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Title
Paap
Cast John Abraham, Udita Goswami
Director Pooja Bhatt
Genre Drama
Year 2004
When the Rimpoche - the religious head from a serene monastery in Spiti,
Himachal Pradesh gets a vision about his Master's reincarnation in New Delhi as
a six-year-old boy, it is left to a young, educated girl from the town Kaya (Udita
Goswami) to bring the six-year-old child Llahmo (Madan) back to the monastery.
Although Kaya has been brought up in the quiet but disciplined environment of
Spiti and has been conditioned by her stern Father (Dr. Mohan Agashe) to believe
that denial is the only route to higher truth, her heart wanders into
territories common for a girl her age. She yearns for love and waits for its
arrival during her private moments. As fate would have it, Llahmo gets involved
with the murder of a key police officer in New Delhi and becomes a key witness
to the case. Investigating the murder is a righteous police officer Shiven (John
Abraham), who is tough, honest and with a very distinct and practical notion of
life. Although Kaya resents his philosophy and clashes with him on several
occasions owing to his views on reincarnation, sacrifice and higher truth; she
finds herself strangely drawn to him too.
The murder case complicates further till there is no option for Shiven except to
reach Kaya and Llahmo to their own safe surroundings. Injured in the process of
this escape, he still manages to take them safely to Spiti. His injury is
serious and he is forced by the elders and Kaya to stay in the village amongst
the monks, a village life, a bitter Father and his growing attraction for Kaya
till he is healed. During his stay he manages to evoke several suppressed
feelings in Kaya and this causes concern to her Father who has already chalked a
path that she must take.
As the danger from the city, in the form of the actual murderers comes closer
and closer to Spiti threatening to break the silence in the valley with blood
and gunshots, Kaya has to make up her mind whether she wants to follow her heart
that will give her happiness in this birth or follow a path of sacrifice to
secure joy in her future births…
   
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