Hate Story

Plot synopsis:
Kavya Krishna (Paoli Dam) and her best friend, Vicky, pull an anti-operation against one of the biggest business tycoons, which happens to be Siddharth Dhanrajgir's company. They take pictures of a few black-business deals and write an article that gets published. Siddharth, being a rich and cocky tycoon, wants revenge, so he calls Kavya up for coffee. He offers her a job in his company with a three hundred percentage raise in income, and Kavya accepts his offer immediately. They go on a business trip together, and Kavya helps Siddharth get his company a good deal. That night, Siddharth takes Kavya to dinner, where they both connect romantically and end up having sex. Upon returning, Kavya meets Vicky and gives him the gifts she got for him and says 'I love my job'. An upset Vicky is silent and sad, but does not show his feelings.
The next day, Kavya goes to work and finds out that her entry pass to the office has been cancelled. She goes to talk to Siddharth, who arrogantly talks about his plan and pulls a gun out, tortures her, and says that he never had any feelings for her; he just wanted revenge for the sting operation she pulled. He tells her that he punishes people who mess with him, and tells her to get out of his office. Heartbroken, Kavya leaves and applies for another job, with Vicky's support. While Vicky is dropping her, she runs out of the car and vomits. He takes her to the doctor, only to find out that she is now pregnant.
Kavya immediately meets Siddharth again, and he once again humiliates her, but she informs him that she is pregnant and says that she can prove that it's Siddharth's child (through DNA testing). That night, Siddharth calls her and pretends to be sorry for what happened. Kavya immediately runs to meet him. He has her kidnapped, her fetus killed, her ovaries taken out, and then dumps her. Kavya becomes a sex worker and sleeps with many important Cementec's employees to get to Siddharth. First she contacts the CEO of Cementec, Rajdev Singh, sleeps with him and without his knowledge copies email from his phone. From there she comes to know that Cementec is going to do a joint venture with a German company due to which all shares of Delhi Cements company will fall. She leaks this information to Delhi Cements Chairman at the cost of ₹ 40 million. She reveals this to Siddharth and challenges him that she will destroy him. Siddharth then has cameras placed all over her house without her knowledge but Kavya comes to know after spotting a camera when she notices that her furniture had been rearranged. Kavya uses this weapon against him by inviting Rajdev to her home and seducing him. Knowing that Siddharth is viewing the footage, Kavya is able to entice Rajdev for more information regarding Cementec's future operations and scams, while in return, providing him with false information regarding Cementec's competitors. Siddharth views this footage and comes to know that Rajdev is responsible for the leaking of information by Kavya. Siddharth also comes to believe the false information provided by Kavya regarding his competitors to be true, resulting in Cementec suffering a loss of ₹ 100 billion. Siddharth has Rajdev killed and puts the blame Cementec's downfall on Kavya by showing fake evidences, resulting in her arrest. Kavya takes Cabinet minister's help to escape from jail by blackmailing him. She also offers to sleep with him at the cost of recovering the police file which contains her name and nominating her to the post of director of IIBI bank which holds accounts details of Cementec. After becoming the board member of Cementec, Kavya asks for balance sheets, all files access and all accounts passwords for tally. She goes through all papers with the help of Vicky and comes to know that Cementec has done a big scam. Kavya exposes this scam in the Annual General Meeting of Cementec. Finally Siddharth is arrested for stealing millions from share holders. Kavya goes back to her own house to get the watch gifted to her by Vicky. There she finds Rajdev's wife waiting for her with a gun. Rajdev's wife shoots Kavya thinking that she killed her husband. After killing Kavya she shoots herself too. The movie ends with Kavya's background voice saying, "Mare hue log kabar se nahi dara karte, Vicky...".(Dead people are not scared of Grave, Vicky...)

Tags: revenge

Review:
Never, in the run time of the movie, you will get a chance to move your eyes from the screen to any other object.I hope audiences are ready for a film like this, a pure auteur driven film which does not sacrifice a single frame for the studio.
To be honest i didn't expect a lot from this one, but after coming out of theater i was laughing and was amazed with the performances of each and every character.This movie provides an entirely different aspect of human nature which is not very often depicted in Bollywood.Basically it shows us there is a dark side of every individual; its just one needs that moment to let this cat out of bag.Go and watch Hate Story because it's dark and bitter but yet gripping and you will like it if you are not only an emotional drama lover and like watching different genre..
(I really did not have a reason to because Vivek Agnihotri isn't even a decent story-teller) Still, the trailer made me have slight hope.
Kaavya's only objective now is to get revenge and destroy Sidhart.The story seems done to death but even an old story told in a new way can do wonders.
Plus, she slept with the corrupt businessman a week into getting the job - She's got the traits of prostitute in her.The climax is surprising but seems like something we've seen numerous times.The film really doesn't score much on anything besides two things.
The slick style of filmmaking and the decent performances.Vikram Bhatt's story is old fashioned and completely flawed.
He looks awkward in the starting but pulls on his own.Resst of the cast is good too.Overall - A flawed film not worth watching even once..
To get over with the basic plot of the film first, it is a simple revenge drama where an ambitious girl after being used by a rich entrepreneur strikes back to set the score equal.
In fact, it seems that the present HATE STORY is a kind of after-effect of TDP in which the makers solely use the sex angle and few erotic scenes to bring in a particular section of audience, mainly in the single screen theaters and the smaller centers.
Luckily the film makes a good impression in its first half and the story progression keeps the viewer hooked as he keeps on expecting something shocking to come any moment (as shown in its promos).
But all the expectations raised by its initial hour get shattered by a very vaguely directed second half which has everything over the top accompanied by some bad acting and illogical plots.
With a weird kind of writing wherein a famous prostitute gets easily appointed as the board of director of a reputed bank with the interference of an influential Minister, HATE STORY wastes the entire fine build-up made by its first half.Leading the vengeance saga, Paoli coming from Bengali films, makes the most controversial and unconventional debut ever in Hindi films.
Nikhil the only hopeful and honest character in the film is decent but gets very less mileage in comparison to the rest.
So, Suresh Dubey as the strict industrialist cum father is the one actor who makes his presence felt with his acting.Musically, it has a below average soundtrack with one good (sad) song, which sounds fine while watching the film.
In addition the dialogue writer tries everything to make it look (or sound) like a soft-porn with lines such as "Take It, Shake It & Fake It".But here I would like to share, what in my opinion must have been the 'Base Thought' behind making HATE STORY.After knowing about the title, subject & favourable reports of THE DIRTY PICTURE in production in the late 2011, the producer or director must have imagined the great potential it had as a project.
And that one line has to be, "Get me a good looking sexy girl who is ready to take off all her clothes on the screen and can sign that clear clause written in the contract about nudity or skin-show"."But what about the story or screenplay?", someone must have questioned.
To this the reply must have been "That we can easily write later on as the film will solely run on its seducing erotic scenes and revealing promos." That is how the idea of HATE STORY must have born in the minds of its producer/director as it hugely relies just on the hype created by all its objectionable promos which even have more sexual content than the movie itself.
The movie is so well edited and strung together that the only word that could come to my mind is perfection.My rating : 9.5/10, MUST WATCH !!!!.
This movie is strong, good script, great casting, excellent acting, and over the top directing.
Even if the viewer does not like revenge type of movies, he or she will watch the entire film, the audiences is glued to what will happen next as the film progresses.
The film-making is excellent and very suspenseful at times.Its great if you actually listen and pay attention because the whole time they are building up to the end.It is the most fantastic ending I've seen but watch the movie.Hate Story,for me is more than a movie!
For me, Hate Story is just about an average movie.The story is all about a cat and mouse chase between the protagonist Kavya Krishna played by Paoli Dam and Siddharth Dhanrajgir played by Gulshan Devaiya.
There isn't much other than that.Now, when a director is confident about the script and the overall movie itself it often goes in favour of the film itself.
Unfortunately, Hate Story is about just that.Even in Paoli Dam's case as the vibrant journalist(considering she is one the leading actress in the Bengali film industry) it seems that just because she's showing off her skin and doing bold scenes, she feels that the audience won't care if she hams through most of the scenes and talks in a weird trying to be sensuous kind of voice.
Honestly, I didn't pay much attention to the music and let me tell you one more thing the PROMO of Hate Story was much more BOLD(if you know what I mean..
Plus the word 'Fuck' was used wherever possible which was annoying.Yet,(there's always a 'yet') I can cannot ignore the brave attempt, the good pace and the not so bad concept of the movie.
Unlike the usual Bollywood flicks this is more gruesome.Most of Bhatt's movies are based on greed and revenge Hate story is one of them.
Paoli Dam was not at her best, i mean the movie has many sex scenes but she doesn't fit it.
I reckon you don't watch this movie with your family because it's "A" rated film.
I had more expectations from this film when i seen the banners(Paoli's naked back) but when the seen her face if was like(who made her a heroine).
Great performances by all the actors, however Gulshan is the best and 2nd is Paoli Dam.The film holds you from beginning to end and twists and turns make it worth watching.Good work from the crew.
The dialogues are well written and timing is good.Although not meant for young children, this is a great revenge story, wherein you hate all the characters by the end and that is the success of the movie.
Hate Story is a good watch with nice story , good performances and decent direction.
Hate Story was a complete surprise considering the trailer showed exotic and bold scenes by Paoli Dam, but more than that, it had fine performances by the star cast.Kaavya (Paoli Dam) is a fearless journalist who along with Nikhil (Nikhil Dwedi) performs sting operations.
However , she starts planning to bring down Siddhart and his company and becomes a prostitute.Vivek Agnihotri ( Chocolate) has directed an exotic thriller which raise few bars in terms of erotic scenes and abusive languages used in the film .
However , the good part of the film is the storyline and decent direction with fine performances.
He was effective in the villainous role.Overall , Hate Story is a good watch with nice story , good performances and decent direction .
Paoli Dam, the bad girl in Bengali movies makes her debut in Bollywood and here also she isn't such a good girl.
A Girl tries to take revenge on someone who has ruined her life - many told and untold stories have been narrated in the same way.
But still, depending on the hotness and sex-quotient of the movie, HATE STORY relied on a very risky position of expectations as the story and narrating of the movie didn't seem much impressing.There was time when vendetta was served like hot cake in movies.
Even movies like AGNEEPATH (Old & New), SHOLAY, V FOR VENDETTA, 1920, KAHAANI and many more are based on the same genre - REVENGE.
But we know that his writing has its own individuality and so movies like RAAZ, 1920, KASOOR, RED are a must watch.
But in writing HATE STORY, sensitivities, amount of suspense, thrills lacked attendance from him and that can be clearly seen in the movie.The story revolves around Kaavya (Paoli Dam) and her transformation from a simple middle class journalist to a sex worker to seek revenge.
Thus begins the journey of hatred and brutal vengeance.This affects everyone around Kaavya, including her family and her best friend Vicky (Nikhil Dwivedi), who secretly loves her.Such a simple in the shape of brutal story doesn't affect the story but misses chance to glorify the story or be an advantageous element fir a movie.
Some things like how Kaavya first sexually makes her movie for the CEO (Joy Sengupta) & the politician (Mohan Kapoor) and then uses them to light the fire for Siddharth.
Giving such good songs in MURDER 2, it was a total disappointment from Harshit Saxena.Paoli Dam, after working in various Bengali films, works like very subordinate in HATE STORY.
As the films is featured on the conflict between Paoli & Gulshan, they made wonderful efforts to make this vengeance story pass with great enthusiasm.
Nikhil Dwivedi, the only character who is filled with positive potential in the movie does a very good job.
Iravati, Saurabh Dubey, Gopal and Bhairavi Goswami were very small and negligible.On the whole, HATE STORY relies on a paper thin plot & survives only for impressing performances by the two leading actors Paoli Dam & Gulshan Devaiah.
Hate Story (A)-----------Rating: 1/5It is a Bollywood Erotic film....a very draggy feels sleepy.....
But the end was great...it is a revenge story.....It is about a reporter who becomes a victim of forced abortion and later turns into a whore to plot a vengeance scheme against the man who ruined her life.The Story of the film revolves around Kaavya and her transformation from a simple middle class journalist to a sex worker and her revenge where she is exploited both professionally and sexually.
For the acting part, Paoli Dam & Gulshan Devaiah were terrific.
well by "so-so" i mean the film is only half good.
Hate Story is not just an adult movie showcasing soft porn but also has got potential to keep its viewer excited to see what will happen next!
Although the entire plot was displayed in the promos of this movie however the Tremendous art work in the Direction of this movie and a great story line makes its viewer to stay connected till the end.
I just hope young, impressionable girls do not take the film's underlying message seriously - that blackmail and prostitution are sure-shot ways of getting rich in the shortest possible time..
Originally not being that sure about taking a look at the film,due to it looking like a rather light Erotic Thriller,I started to become very interested in seeing the movie after catching a glimpse of its wonderful poster,and also due to finding out that Vikram Bhatt, (whose terrific Horror Razz was one of my first Bollywood movies) had co-written the screenplay of the film,which would hopefully lead to the movie having an icy Neo-Noir mood and also featuring a strongly charged Erotic atmosphere.The plot:Celebrating with a fellow reporter over having secretly recorded a meeting between a government minister and a businessman,investigating reporter Kaavya Krishna suddenly gets a phone call from the co-owner of the company:Siddharth Dhanrajgir.Telling her that he has perfectly planted a fall guy to take the hit for the company,Siddharth tells Krishna the he is so impressed with her investigating skills that he would like to offer her a high-ranking job at the company.Accepting Dhanrajgir's offer,Kaavya wraps up all of her journalist connections and sets off for the business world.Being taken by Siddharth's charms,Krishna and Dhanrajgir start to become much more then business partners as their relationship begins to get steamy.Heading to the office one day,Krishna is shocked to discover that her key card has been made invalid.Going to Siddharth to find out what is happening to the companies computer system,Kaavya is given the shock of her life when Dhanrajgir points a gun at Krishna and tells her that he is firing,and breaking up with her,due to having got his revenge on Kaavya making the secret recording.Struggleing to deal with the break up,Krishna discovers the next day the she is in fact pregnant.Decideing to tell Siddharth about the pregnancy,Dhanrajgir tells Kaavya that he is happy to hear about the news,and agrees to a meeting so that they can sort out their disagreements.Meeting her love again with arms wide open,Dhanrajgir decides to give Krishna a warm welcome back by having a gang of his interrupt the meeting,and kidnap Kaavya.Waking up in a desert town,Krishna discovers that Siddharth's gang have performed surgery on her which has killed her child and has also made it that she can never conceive again.Furious over how Dhanrajgir has tried to destroy her life,Krishna decides that she will tear Siddharth's beloved company apart,by becoming the city's most powerful prostitute.View on the film:Opening with an intriguing investigating scene,the screenplay by Vikram Bhatt and Rohit Malhotra initially appears to be offering a tantalising mix of murky Neo-Noir lone investigating and taboo-breaking,sensual focused Erotica.Tragicly,from the moment that Krishna accepts Siddharth's offer,Bhatt and Malhotra use the phone call as a starting pistol to take the film completely off the tracks by making the unfolding plot and characters unbelievably stupid.Running for just under 2 and a half hours,Bhatt and Malhotra completely push the opportunity to show Krishna slowly transform into a deadly Femme Fatale to the side,to instead have her go round a continuous,illogical circle of completely forgetting the murky details that she has secretly caught of Siddharth's,to instead act as if he is her high school sweetheart!.While this seems to be designed as a device to "shock" the viewer every time Siddharth turns on her,the only problem of the "shock" is that Siddharth openly turns on Krishna from the very first scene they share,which leads their incredibly badly feeling cheap,tacky and fake for the whole of the running time.Showing a stylish eye early on in the movie with a good use of spilt- screen,and also being backed by Amar Mohile terrific techno score, (easily the films best feature) director Vivek Agnihotri sadly takes the same route in his directing that Bhatt and Malhotra take with the script.Offering the viewer to see the exciting,Neo-Noir underbelly of the city,as Krishna starts her rise to the top of being the city's most powerful prostitute,Agnihotri makes Krishna's journey to the top one that is shockingly short,with Krishna being shown talking to a prostitute for 5 minutes,to in the next scene being one of the city's main power players,despite being shown to have not even done a days "work" to her rise to the top!.Leaving behind the underbelly of the city section of the movie at such a quick pace,which offered the chance to show Krishna go from a dizzy college girl type into an avenging,icy Film Noir dame,Agnirhotri makes the Erotic element of the film one that is completely empty of any sensual atmosphere.For the bedroom scenes between Krishna and Siddharth,Agnihotri decides to shoot in slow- mo,which leads to the scenes being unintentional hilarious,as both actors are shown slowly pulling snarling faces,and Krishna shatters any paternal that was offered in the movie as she is shown shattering a wine bottle as she reaches her "peak" for no logical reason at all..
On the other hand, Nikhil Dwivedi was fine as Vicky, and Paoli Dam was wonderful as Kavya.Screenplay: 5/10 It is difficult to take this one seriously.
Hindi Film reviewJohnson ThomasOld-fashioned titillation Film: Hate StoryCast: Paoli Dham, Joy SenGupta, Mohan Kapoor, Gushan Devaiya, Nikhil Dwivedi, Saurabh Dubey, Iravati Harshey,Bhairavi Goswami, Gopal SinghDirector: Vivek AgnihotriRating: * * out of 5From love to vengeance and brutality, this Vikram Bhatt offering directed by former TV serial specialist Vivek Agnihotri, starring seasoned Bengali actress Paoli Dham, in the pivotal role, is sort of eye candy for those who get their thrills from conspicuously plotted eroticism.
Kaavya(Paoli Dham), a middle class girl who works as a journalist ends up as a sex-worker plotting revenge on her exploiters.
I feel sorry for the producers and the hopeful actors.Like always, they promote the movie with great zest, but the end result is indispensable.
Some filmmakers use gimmicks to make their films succeed Vikram Bhatt uses sex here, the film was considered one of the boldest film in Indian cinema with lot of sex scenes though the story is nothing great, also the way in which Paolo seeks revenge looks childish Some scenes are well handled but nothing out of the worldDirection by Vikram Bhatt is okay Music is decentPaoli Dam is nothing great, Gulshan Devaiyaa does a good job, Nikhil Dwivedi is okay, Joy Sengupta is okay rest don't impressThe film was a much talked about film when released and gave a new lease to markets which resulted in Jism 2 type films