‘36 China Town - On the run for money and for life’, is about various people who want to make quick and easy money for themselves. There are different kinds of people, some who have a philanthropic nature i.e. such people make a lot of money, but do not mind giving some of it back to society. Then there are others, who are extremely selfish and only want to accumulate wealth for their personal gain. Finally, there are people who amass wealth by illegal means and are harmful to society. 36 China Town has all three kinds of people. The film is a thriller and has a love story in the background.
There are two couples, Raj and Priya (Shahid and Kareena) who are the generous couple who want to make money and give back to society. Then there is Vicky and Soniya who are the selfish couple who don’t want to give a dime back to society. Then there is the filthy rich Madame Sushmita who earns a lot of illegal money from her casino in Bangkok. She doesn’t care about corrupting society and the vices that thrive in her casino. However, she has a five-year-old son whom she cares for deeply and one day her son goes missing. The distraught Madame offers a high reward to the person who brings her son back to her. The reward is the bait that brings all the protagonists of the film together.
Raj and Priya first meet when they find the child; both of them are new to the city and are struggling to make it on their own in this town. So they decide to take the child to Madame Sushmita and split the reward between themselves. On the journey Raj and Priya, strike up a friendship with each other as well as the little boy. The young boy gets extremely attached to Raj and Priya. He begins to think of them as his parents and calls them his mom and dad. In the process, Raj and Priya’s friendship blossoms into a romantic affair of the heart.
When the couple finally reaches their destination, Madame’s palace at night, they find her lying dead. They are stunned and at the same time afraid and in fear of getting implicated for the murder they flee the spot. But in their haste to get away, they leave behind several clues, their luggage and footprints, which the police stumble upon. Now the police have launched a manhunt for this couple and to add to their woes a bunch of gangsters are also on the look out for them.
Who has killed Madame Sushmita and why? Will Raj and Priya be able to clear their names? Will the police find the real culprits? These are the questions of suspense that the thriller poses.
The film has been produced under Subhash Ghai’s banner Mukta Arts and the directors Abbas Mustan who are ace experts in the thriller genre have directed this film. It stars Akshaye Khanna, Kareena Kapoor, Shahid Kapur, Isha Koppikar, debutant Upen Patel, Paresh Rawal, Johnny Lever and Payal Rohatgi. The music director for the film is Himesh Reshammiya and the lyrics have been penned by Sameer.
Let’s wait and watch if the ace duo Abbas Mustan manages to churn out one more brilliant thriller with high drama, great performances and a good story. The film is slated to release around May 5th of this year. |
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