Accident on Hill Road

Accident on Hill Road
Accident on Hill Road
Directed by	Mahesh Nair
Written by	Varun Grover (dialogues)
Story by	Mahesh Nair; Siddharth Parmar; Stuart Gordon
Produced by	Nari Hira
Starring	Farooq Sheikh; Abhimanyu Singh; Celina Jaitly; Rukhsar Rehman
Cinematography	Ravi Walia
Edited by	Amit Parmar
Music by	Raju Singh
Distributed by	Magna Film Production
Release date	31 December 2009;
Running time	105 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	2.5 crore

Accident on Hill Road is a 2009 Indian film, directed by Mahesh Nair and produced by Nari Hira, starring Farooq Sheikh, Abhimanyu Singh, and Celina Jaitly. The film is an authorised remake of the 2007 American film Stuck,^[2] which is based on the true story of Chante Mallard and her murder of Gregory Glenn Biggs.^[3]

Plot

Sonam (Celina Jaitly) is approved for a job in London for which she has to go for VISA checks. She drinks too much alcohol at a party and then drives the car herself despite warnings by her friends. She subsequently runs over a man named Prakash (Farooq Sheikh) on her way home from the party that night. She tries to drive the car to her parking lot secretly and searches for help. She cannot afford to go to the police because it can lead to strict punishment for 'drinking and driving' and her VISA could be cancelled. Thus, she keeps Prakash in the parking lot. With all these problems, she is late arriving the next day to the hospital in which she works.

Without any other options, she takes the help of her drug dealer boyfriend Sid (Abhimanyu Singh). Sid consoles her, and they have sex. The next day, they both plan to just kill Prakash and dump him. However, as soon as Sid begins to execute the plan, it goes in an unexpected direction. Prakash kills Sid when Sid tries to do the deed. Now Sonam finds out that Prakash is alive and Sid is dead. To avoid a police case or any other trouble, she plans to kill him at any cost. But Prakash somehow dodges her and tries to escape the parking garage. While making this attempt, Sonam hits him in the head and almost kills him. She pulls him back to the garage and pours diesel all over the garage and tries to burn it. Meanwhile, Prakash uses the car and dashes Sonam. He again tries to escape while Sonam begs for help. In anger of helplessness, she shoots at Prakash, which burns the whole garage. Sonam dies, but Prakash gets out, and some people spot him and rescue him.

Cast

Farooq Sheikh as Prakash Shrivastava
Abhimanyu Singh as Sid
Celina Jaitly as Sonam Chopra
Manmeet Singh as Cab driver
Rukhsar Rehman as Warden
Shammi as Mrs. Wadia

Release

Critical reception

Accident on Hill Road received mostly negative reviews from critics. Rajeev Masand said the film is "unintentionally comical",^[2] Taran Adarsh gave it only one star out of five^[4] and Nithya Ramani of Rediff called it "a terrible excuse for a film".^[5]

References

^ Bollywood Trade News Network (8 January 2009). "Interview : Mahesh Nair". Glam Sham.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
^ ^a ^b Masand, Rajeev (1 January 2010). "Accident on Hill Road a test of endurance". CNN-IBN. Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
^ Christy Lemire (9 June 2008). "'Stuck' looks at true story of 2001 Texas car crash with dark humour". CTV News. Archived from the original on 15 June 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
^ Taran Adarsh (31 December 2009). "Accident on Hill Road". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
^ Nithya Ramani (31 December 2009). "Stay away from Accident on Hill Road". Rediff. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2010.

External links

[1] Bollywood Trade News Network (8 January 2009). "Interview : Mahesh Nair". Glam Sham.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2010.

[ibn-2] Masand, Rajeev (1 January 2010). "Accident on Hill Road a test of endurance". CNN-IBN. Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2010.

[3] Christy Lemire (9 June 2008). "'Stuck' looks at true story of 2001 Texas car crash with dark humour". CTV News. Archived from the original on 15 June 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2010.

[4] Taran Adarsh (31 December 2009). "Accident on Hill Road". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2010.

[5] Nithya Ramani (31 December 2009). "Stay away from Accident on Hill Road". Rediff. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2010.

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