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: flashback

Review:
Brilliant early Duigan.
In the eighties, John Duigan was one of Australia's most innovative and charming film-makers.
Although he hasn't done much of note in recent years, "Flirting" (1991) and "Lawn Dogs" (1997) are 90s examples of his brilliance, and his forthcoming film, "Head in the Clouds", sounds promising.
"Lawn Dogs", with its magnificent acting, screenplay (sadly not by Duigan) and stunning cinematography, is probably his masterpiece, but for sheer experimentalism and surprising pathos, "One Night Stand" is hard to ignore, especially considering it was made in 1984.The story is very simple - actually, there isn't much of one.
A group of four people sit around in an abandoned Sydney Opera House, worrying about the end of the world.
But Duigan uses this merely as a point of departure.
With some of the most interesting, and subtle, uses of flashback that I've seen in a while, nice acting, and clever uses of "Short Memory" by Midnight Oil and Fritz Lang's "Metropolis", Duigan has come up with quite a gem.
It doesn't have any of the usual trappings of Australian film - excessive "larikanism", lack of subtlety and depth, cinematic blandness or an irritating effort to be noticeably "Australian" (despite the potentially cumbersome use of Sydney landmarks) - and has so many things that many American and world movies lack.
"One Night Stand" is a film with the potential to surprise in an age when we so often think we've seen it all.
It's dated a little bit - quite a bit, actually - but, well, it was 1984, so you can't exactly expect it to look like it was made yesterday.
But in terms of what it achieves - emotionally, politically, cinematically - it is avant-garde in the truest sense.
Not unwatchable, not difficult, just truly ahead of the game.
And so few films have really caught up in the 20 years since.I just hope that "Head in the Clouds" can show that Duigan still is, rather than just was, an amazing film-maker.
More people need to see "Lawn Dogs".
More people need to see the Danny Emberling films.
And, judging by the seriously low user-rating, and startling absence of user comments on IMDb, it seems very clear that more people need to see "One Night Stand"..
Okay, but not great.
Four young people, hiding after dark in the Sydney Opera House, learn that nuclear war has been declared in Europe and Central America, with US bases in Australia targeted.
Faced with the prospect that life as they know it may have ended forever, they must come to terms with their feelings for each other.
As with many non-action Apocalyptic films, it tends to drag a little: there was an excellent opportunity to really explore the characters, but what we have is little more than light conversation.
A strong finish almost makes up for the weak first hour...and who else found the American sailor character annoying?
At least there's a (rather extended) Midnight Oil clip to keep us going.
Rating: 6/10.
See also: ON THE BEACH (1959), ON THE BEACH (2000) (mini), and also read Nevil Shute's novel, ON THE BEACH..
Australian take on nuclear apocalypse.
I saw this film in the late 1980s on the local uhf television station.
I think this film is what piqued my interest in Australian films.
I have thought about this film from time to time and have looked for it but to no avail.This may not be a masterpiece but the film is rather enjoyable.
The setting takes place near a stage while on the world stage we are made aware some nuclear powers are waging war.The world is not over yet and you sense the realization the end is near has not completely sunk in but there is a sadness or sense of imminent loss.
I really like the fact that the actors looked like ordinary people and like ordinary people they responded to the news in an ordinary way as perhaps a person in their late teens or early twenties would.
It is a rude awakening to the harshness of life but somehow the characters manage to make the most of it.This film does not appear to be on dvd or vhs but I hope it becomes available soon.
It is sad that teen movies today seem to lack distinction..
Hilarious, unpreditcable food for thought!.
Well, what can one write about this movie?
Certainly an interesting 'end of the world' 80's movie.
We are introduced to 4 young 20something year olds in the down yonder just before the end of the world becomes their only reality.
Held up in the Sidney Opera House for what is likely their last night on Earth.
We follow these young people (2 men and 2 women) through their agonizing transition from lives full of promise to where their lives are ever so quickly coming to an abrupt end.
Extremely melodramatic!
The acting is simply splendid!!!
Those young actors really became entrenched in their characters.
Throughout the movie the young adults tune into a radio station about reports of World War III breaking out all across Europe and America and of their own impending doom after a Nuclear Bomb is detonated just south of Sydney.
Throughout the movie a white rabbit appears - for what reasons, I have yet to figure out - was the director trying to send a message to the viewer?
The most impacting scene is the video camera footage broadcast on local TV of distressed and burned survivors somewhere 'north of New York'.
This scene really packs a punch!
Especially since the movie just kind of tugs along and then WHAM you get hit with this very graphic and disturbing scene!
Burned victims, men and women crying out in agony, Soldiers in radiation suits guiding blind and burned victims to a make shift shelter where the news camera keys in on people with skin hanging from their bodies, charred remains of humans and animals and the piercing cry of women and children!
I don't think there is one scene from 'The Day After' or 'Threads' that packed a shocking punch as this one brief scene in the movie (One Night Stand).
Oh and Midnight Oil is in this movie!
Am I the only yank that likes this band?????
Extremely rare video to purchase.
It is not available on DVD.
I was lucky to purchase a copy on Ebay recently in VHS format!
The back of the VHS box states:"How would you spend your last night on Earth?
Four young people find themselves deciding just that, as they end up thrown together on what may be their last night to live.When Sharon, Eva, Brendan, and Sam hear on the radio that World War III was begun, they decide that the best way to deal with the situation is to try and have a good time.
They play strip poker, mix drinks, flirt, and joke around.
But between the banter they draw close together as they realize that these may be the last friends they'll ever have.' Featuring the music of Midnight Oil."In closing, I would love to see a DVD version of this film with a Director/Actor(s) narrative!
One other tid bit, this movie was filmed entirely on location: New York, Sydny and Paris..
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine .
This film has all the hallmarks of an early nineties indie movie.
Small cast (four people).
Single locale (the Sydney Opera house).
Single plot thrust (the end of the world).
But look at the date.
So when John Hughes was messing about with teen - movies and the USA thought Tootsie was one of the greatest films of all time, Oz had greater concerns.
Almost creating its own genre - the pre-apocalyptic movie - this film deftly shows what would actually happen in case of such an emergency.
People would still go on dates.
They'd probably hang out.
Some sex might go on.
Then everyone might die.
What's so lovely about this film, is that they are real people.
You can't really tell them apart.
They don't have stereotypes.
In fact only the navy officer really stands out.
We like them because they are like us.
If I was in that situation, I'd probably go a bit stir crazy.
If you happen to see this film around, do go see - if nothing else you get to see what the Sydney Opera House looks like at night when everyone's gone home .