One Night Stand

Plot synopsis:
The movie starts off with a flashback that's being narrated by Urvil (Tanuj Virwani). It is the flashback and a series of events from his past that has defined his today. The flashback starts off with a fashion show organised by his event management agency in Phuket, Thailand. And after completing the event successfully, Urvil and his colleagues go drinking to celebrate. It is here that his friends challenge him to speak to a rank stranger (Sunny Leone) for a few thousand rupees. An attempt to win the bet gets him introduced to the stranger who, in turn, introduces herself as Celina. What follows after that, is unlimited liquor drinking by the two of them, which ultimately lands them up in bed together. But, the very next day, when Urvil gets up, he finds out that Celina has already left the room, without leaving any details of her whereabouts. And when Urvil comes back to his home in Pune, he is welcomed by his beautiful and dutiful wife Simran (Nyra Banerjee). Things are absolutely smooth between the couple, until one day Urvil accidentally spots Celina in the same mall wherein he has gone for shopping with his wife Simran. That very sight of Celina freshens up his 'one night stand' with her, which, in turn, gets translated into his desperation to meet her again. Thereafter begins his unending quest to hunt down Celina from the length and the breadth of the world. Amidst all this, Urvil gets extremely busy with his company's big-budget event of a product launch.
It is here where he gets introduced to his rich client Adhiraj kapoor (Khalid Siddiqui)and his family, which takes the daylights out of Urvil. The mysterious lady Celina is none other than Ambar, wife of Adhiraj, who along with their young son Jahaan (Rehan Pathan) and Adhiraj's father Raghav (Kanwaljeet Singh) stay in their posh villa in Koregaon Park, Pune. Urvil loses interest in his job and wife and stalks Celina/ Ambar. His colleague David (Ninad Kamat) advises him to forget Celina in order to save his marriage but he ignores his advice. Urvil tails Ambar continuously. Being fed up, she asks him to leave her alone and forget whatever happened between them as 'one night stand' but he refuses to do so and Ambar haunts him so much that he reaches their home and embarrasses Ambar. He misbehaves with Simran, uttering Celina's name. She picks up a fight with him and on the pretext of dropping him to his office, she races their car in the busy street asking Urvil to confess as to who is Celina and about their affair. He is terrified due to the rashly driven speeding car and admits to Simran about the illegitimate affair with Celina. She drops him on the road-side and tells him that it's all over between them. He returns home and begs her to pardon him for his folly but Simran is firm in refusing. Ultimately, Ambar calls Urvil to a spot on the highway to inform him that he should forget whatever happened between them and leave her alone. Urvil blames her for his marriage turmoil but she retorts that he was himself responsible. When Urvil threatens her that he would reveal the secret to Adhiraj, she informs him that she would do so herself irrespective of the consequence. She leaves him alone brooding about his future. The film ends with Urvil quitting his job and moving ahead in life in search of a new beginning.

Tags: romantic

Review:
This movie at least provokes that kind of thought, though in a very simple way.Ming-Na Wen and Wesley Snipes were over-acting on some occasions.
However, Robert Downey Jr.'s part was superb, though his character was not directly related to the movie's main story.
One suggestion for all the people who give it a bad review: Rent the DVD and listen to the track with the directors commentary (the full length movie).
The title of this movie(One Night Stand) may suggest that it's about "Cheating" but is something else,is about an instant attraction,the things occur spontaneously between Karen(Ms Kinski )and Max(Wesley Snipes)THEN just a memory of that perfect woman,then the re- encounter,the desire and passion appears again and thensurprise!LOVE!Max and Karen are drawn together with both of them finding something in each other that had been lacking in their own relationships BUT is Robert Downey jr who steals the show HE IS THE GLUE that represents human connection in the film,believe me HE ROCKS!!!.Wonderful performances by the cool Wesley Snipes,Ming Na Wen,Nastassja Kinski(she is so smooth!!!),OK I got to say something about this actress,Kinski,she's a true woman.She doesn't has the vulgarity of Jennifer Lopez(Oops!).I also liked the two sex scenes of our protagonist with  this two  woman(the difference of how they make love),even the film has some cameos from Ione Skye(remember that actress of Say Anything?);His real life brother ,the musician Donovan Leitch,OK Mike Figgis is the Director but he also is responsible of the wonderful music in this film.I hate to say it,but Roger Ebert was right in saying that Kinski has the best line of the movie: "What do you do, Karen?" asks Mimi(Max's wife).
In this excellent movie we are told an apparently very simple story where life meets death, success crosses with failure, conjugal life redounds in adultery and love triumphs over it all though in a somewhat strange way.
Life is really an orange like the dying man tells his best friend in his deathbed.
And one last warning: prudes, abstain from seeing this movie because you will hate it not so much for certain scenes (as a matter of fact we have seen a lot of more explicit ones in a lot of famous movies) but because you won't be able to lay your moral prejudice aside in order to admire the beauty of this true love story or to understand its rather odd end.
Is it important to say that the lovers' couple is here composed of a black man and a white woman (Wesley Snipes and Nastassja Kinski who perform their roles very well)?
It shows a very shapley Wesley Snipes playing a very sympathetic role, different for him, plus the best friend of Robert Downey Jr,.
The latter didn't receive half the aclaim of the first, but somehow despite 'Las Vegas' being the more technically perfect film 'One Night Stand' was more a more interesting study of Human relationships and how real life is.I don't think I have seen a better performance from Snipes and Robert Downey Jnr leaves me stunned at why he hasn't been given more leading roles.
There are only a few actors that leave me wanting more because of the insight they brought to the character, Pacino, De Niro, Duvall, Hopkins, to name some, but also, strange as it may be, based on the few decent roles he has had, Downey Jnr.Figgis brings to this film a mood that captivates.
The dialogue levels are appalling in places (sound recordists when are you going to learn its no good spending millions on a movie and people working their guts out if we cant hear the bloody thing!) and the story a little rushed at times.
Then it struck me, when you look at the two dinner scenes it was plain that the foursome only worked with the second arrangement and the end was inevitable thus the attempt by Figgis to make a twist was lost on an audience who were already half expecting that to happen at the first dinner scene, me included.So flaws aside I still enjoyed this film immensely and certainly give it an above average rating.On a a final note has anyone seen so many lowly parts played by such reputable British actors, namely Julian Sands, Amanda Donohue, and Ione Skye!.
Figgis' enthusiasm for jazz is well in evidence here and there's even a neat use of Nina Simone's 'Exactly Like You'.Natassja Kinski and Ming Na Wen don't hurt none either..
The movie didn't appeal to my wont for pure "feel-good" escapism - but then again neither did Leaving Las Vegas - and the movie follows a similar vein in exposing the uncomfortable nature of unadorned life littered with human flaws and gifts.
As a Canadian living in rainbow land - Vancouver - seeing mixed racial or ethnic pairings was no remarkable thing - and it didn't hit me what a large role that feature in the movie plays to American audiences.
Even if I can't stand both the movie title and the basic, braindamaged plot idea, this is not at all a film about playboys and playgirls.
He, in this wisdom people get when they know they have to die soon, tries to kick everyone of his friends that they should look for their happiness, for "this life is not just a test or movie.
you have no time to waste."The whole plot is written out of the perspective of Max Carlyle (Wesley Snipes), the upcoming movie director, which, already happily married and having two children with his wife, by a number of bad circumstances, notably the trauma of a very violent inroad by a ganster on the street, ends up to have a one night stand with a different woman, Karen (Nastasia Kinski), which is also already married, against his and her will and plans.
I really liked the funny end, where everyone was finally happy.Charly is the center of the whole film, the motor of the story, which makes it work, which pushes the people to change their situation for the better.
I've becoming a fan of both dear Nastasia Kinski and cool Wesley Snipes while seeing this movie..
LEAVING LAS VEGAS affected me like almost no other movie has, so I was bound to find this film somewhat of a let-down, but even I was surprised by how much.
The men come off better; Snipes and MacLachlan are good, but really, the main reason this is worth watching is Robert Downey Jr., who avoids cliche even when his character is dying.
It definitely is a fitting follow-up to Leaving Las Vegas for Figgis and I think Robert Downey Jr's performance as Charlie is an excellent portrayal of a young man dying so tragically early.
Wesley Snipes manages well with the lead part and Natasha Kinsky is pretty good, although MF never gives particulary interesting roles for the women in his movies.
Blame it on me, but the only reason I wanted to see this film for was that Nastassja Kinski plays in it.
Wesley has a perfect familylife, two kids, a dog and a lovely wife Ming-Na. Everything goes fine till he misses his flight and bumps onto Karen (Nastassja Kinski, with blonde hair this time!).
The day after Wesley flies back home and his life changes...the most interesting part of the movie by the way as the dog smells something...!
"One night stand" certainly isn't a bad movie, it even doesn't bore one minute, but it's just a bit too empty and you can't blame the actors as Wesley Snipes plays his role perfect but actors are bound to the script, a script that is a bit too much like those telemovies that are based on true stories.
It's all a bit too manipulative and unlikely -- but the subtlety of each character's performance, and the way the film is woven together (including some wonderful music choices) makes this movie a pleasure for me.If you regard this film as an experience rather than a narrative, then I think it has a lot to offer.
Los Angeles commercial director Wesley Snipes goes to New York to visit dying childhood friend Robert Downey, Jr.
Their secret seems safe until one year later Snipes returns to New York with his erotic, but oft-times mean-spirited wife (Ming Na-Wen) and they meet Kinski by chance when they find out that she is actually married to Downey Jr.'s older brother (a cold and seemingly unfeeling Kyle MacLachlan, even equipped with latex gloves because of his fear of catching AIDS).
However, it is almost like he is in the wrong film as his part just basically is used as a bridge on more than one occasion between Snipes and Kinski.
Writer/director Mike Figgis (who was fresh off "Leaving Las Vegas" in 1995) tends to use coincidence, chance, and splintered relationships between major roles to get his points across.
I don't really like the film that much either but when it comes on TV i never miss it because of Robert Downey Jr. His role as a man dying of AIDS touched me deeply.
I'm surprised; I'm thankful that someone like Figgis actually has a presence in Hollywood, the home of superficial characters, simplistic plots, and unbelievable dialogue.
Figgis doesn't fall into any of these traps.Instead, he goes against the grain by presenting a character, Max, played by Snipes (who does a superb job at understatement - who knew?) who is not entirely likable.
And complex or nuanced charcters in a Hollywood movie are unfamiliar creatures.I respect Figgis for giving us characters whose next move you can't predict.
Ming-Na Wen is by far my absolute favorite actor, and I have always enjoyed watching Wesley Snipes' action movies.I've read the reviews and have concluded that this movie is getting far too much credit for it's "artsy" side.
As I said, my favorite actor is in the movie, and I really enjoy most of the roles the other main actors have played in other films.
Keep in mind, that the director (Michael Figgis) has a thing for infidelity (Does "Internal Affairs" ring any bells?), so just go into it knowing that.I'm sad to say it, but "One Night Stand" was a downer, despite all of the great actors and acting.
If you enjoy being cheated on and watching it happen to other people as well, then you'll probably love this movie.
Come to think about, the audience in the theaters probably needed oxygen masks to keep from fainting at this poor flock.I even found the sex scenes uninteresting.What exactly was the theme or idea, or plot of this movie.
If you love director commentaries, you'll love this one, too.If you want a straight-forward flick, you'll hate "One Night Stand." The editing was rushed and the story was encumbered by all the extra-curriculars: Black Husband/Asian Wife, two-way extra-marital affairs, bi-coastal stereotyping, the Gay/AIDS "agenda." Whoo boy.
Most films are 4, 5, or 6).Wesley Snipes: Great Dramatic Acting about a man torn between where he is and where he wants to be in life.Ming-Na: excellent "American neglected wife" who happens to be Asian.
I won't spoil it but if you've seen "The Player" and remember the fictionalized "film within the film" that was in it, well, you'll get it.Still, the reason I'd recommend a rental is to see the cast; one of the most interesting casts ever put together:Wesley Snipes - usually you'll see him in action-comedies, action-thrillers or any other action- film but he looks very uncomfortable doing drama, despite his roles in such films before.
Maybe he was wondering what the heck he was doing in such a maudlin project like this.Ming-Na Wen and Nastassja Kinski - they play Snipes' wife and the lady who shares in the title deed, respectively.
Ming-Na plays the same role she did when she appeared on "Friends", Kinski plays the same person she has played in every film she's appeared.Kyle McLachlan - Ditto.
Plummer is a pretty good supporting actor.But the real reason to see this film are the next three guys.Robert Downey Jr.
- Yes, the controversial actor plays a major subplot as a dying AIDS patient who's a friend of Snipes.
There's no movie here, just images and sounds a faint idea, but a bad one, an idea that had best been tossed into the dustbin shortly after Joe Eszterhas conceived it.We should have been so lucky.Coming off the enormous success of Leaving Las Vegas, Mike Figgis goes toe-to-toe with M.
After God knows how many rewrites and studio-made casting decisions we're left with something that makes little sense, and likely little resemblance to the original..As is Figgis' nature, the film tries hard to be stylish.
It is LA, a land where Mandingo can have not only intelligence and success, but a beautiful Asian wife, kids, dog, AND a gay best friend dying of Aids.
Why anyone would leave Ming Na-Wen for Nastassia Kinski it not even for us to ponder.Hanging precariously already, the film now loses all sense of itself, of any connection with reality, even L.A. reality.Wonderful actors like Glenn Plummer, Amanda Donahoe, Thomas Haden Church, and John Ratzenberger are needlessly underused.Figgis' own sense of personal failure in the finished product, is exacerbated as he over-cooks his own score.
There is no hint of the subtle support his wonderful musical touch brought us in Leaving Las Vegas.I think back to the movie The Big Picture'.
I first was surprised because of the Wesley Snipes appearance in these kind of movie.
He normally plays main characters in some mediocre action movies like Blade, making me doubt of his skills as an actor.
Great acting by the way in the two meetings of the couples in New York, I already smelted that something odd was going to happen.I didn't noticed any plot holes but finally we don't know nearly anything about the characters.
The whole film was centered into that ''One Night Stand'', we don't know anything about Max and Mimi's children, about Max past (we know that he likes to smoke joints with his friend Charlie), about Vernon, nothing.
This movie is made only for the art of movie-making, nothing else.Each scene isn't connected to the other by the common way, it's like each and every one of them are separated by days or maybe years.
The movie opens with Wesley Snipes (playing a confused TV ad director) talking to the camera.
After a night of sex with a strange woman, ol' Wesley could use a rest, but no, his wife jumps him like there's no tomorrow.
The doomed man is played by Robert Downey Jr., and he's really the best thing in the movie.
Snipes' ad man is a jerk, and Kinski is a bore, even in the love scenes (maybe she should have taken lessons from Wen).
How could Mike Figgis, after creating a masterpiece like "Leaving Las Vegas" create something so disjointed with this movie?
It wastes Wesley Snipes, Nastassja Kinski, Kyle MacLachlan, Ming-Na, Robert Downey Jr and John Ratzenberger on complete nonsense.
If this movie has any redeeming qualities, it's that it gave Thomas Haden Church an early starring role, paving the way for him to star in "Sideways".So, in conclusion, Wesley Snipes's character says that anything's better than LA.
I thought this film is good to watch if you like human drama.
It begins with Max (Wesley Snipes) visiting a gay friend who is dying of aids.
When he was on his visit, he has an passionate affair with a white, blond woman (Nastassja Kinski), who turns out to be the wife of his friend.This film has a daring take on interracial relation.
While racial words were hardly mentioned in this film, the racial difference was apparent in the love scene between Snipes and Miss Kinski.
The difference of skin color was even more explicitly apparent in the love scene when both characters are in bed together, and Snipes puts his black hands onto Nastassja Kinski's white breasts.
Life can be a series of happenstance which is what Mike Figgis has strung together into the plot of this movie.
The cast is more than adequate and does quite well with Robert Downey jr., giving the best performance in the movie.
When it all comes out in the wash, I simply don't see the chemistry between Nastassja Kinski and Wesley Snipes and without that the movie makes no sense and ultimately falls apart..
(And I love Robert Downey Jr. as an actor; but this was definitely not one of his best roles.).
Back when he did things like the Crazy "To Wong Foo".He is great in this movie.
I found it a feel-good movie even though there gut wrenching scenes of loss, mostly thanks to the brilliant Downey.
Part of my problem with it is the typical Hollywood sympathetic portrayal of the Saintly AIDS-stricken Homosexual Wise Man. Part of my problem with it is that I just don't like Wesley Snipes much as an actor; to me, the same arrogant personality is present in every movie I've seen him in.
In this, he's very much the center of the movie - yet quite understated and somewhat disagreeable -- in somehow an appealing way.As fine a performance as Downey gives, I don't like the plot point of a dying man causing others to "seize the day".
It's simply too obvious - and although I know this is the movie's central theme, I don't like it because I don't believe "seizing the day" should ever mean jettisoning those to whom one has pledged to be faithful throughout life.
Unlike a few others commenting, I did find Snipes and Kinski to have a chemistry together - and found the pairing of white Pole and black American intriguing.I loved MacLachlan's performance (so many of those around a homosexual dying of AIDS do NOT fit - and yet they are always shown in drama as being happily approving of homosexuality).Well Maclachlan isn't - yet amazingly the movie doesn't demonize him.