Heartless (2014 film)

Heartless is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language medical thriller film directed by Shekhar Suman.[5][6] Shekhar Suman also stars in the film along with his son Adhyayan Suman. The film also features Ariana Ayam, Deepti Naval, Om Puri and Madan Jain amongst others. It released on 7 February 2014, to mixed reviews from critics.[7] The film focuses on anaesthesia awareness, where a patient cannot move or communicate, but is aware to varying degrees of what is happening during surgical procedures.[8][9][10][11][12] Several critics have noticed striking similarities between the film and the 2007 Hollywood medical thriller Awake, leading some to describe Heartless a copy of said film.[13]

Heartless
Theatrical release poster
Heartless
Directed by	Shekhar Suman
Produced by	Sajid Rizvi Alka Suman
Written by	Niranjan Iyengar (dialogue)
Screenplay by	Nina Arora
Story by	Shekhar Suman
Starring	Adhyayan Suman Ariana Ayam Deepti Naval Om Puri Shekhar Suman Madan Jain
Music by	Gaurav Dagaonkar
Cinematography	Derrick Fong
Edited by	Akshara Prabhakar
Distributed by	Windmill Entertainment[1]
Release date	7 February 2014 (2014-02-07)
Running time	127 minutes[2]
Country	India UAE
Language	Urdu Hindi [3]
Budget	₹110 million[4]
Box office	₹11.8 million[4]

Plot

A young business magnate Aditya Singh (Adhyayan Suman) is in love with Ria (Ariana Ayam). Aditya requires a heart transplant but refuses due to guilt of killing his father during a boat ride in his childhood. Dr. Sameer Saxena aka Sam (Shekhar Suman) is Aditya's heart surgeon and friend. Aditya asks Dr. Sameer to arrange his elopement with Ria. They marry privately without his mother's knowledge, then Aditya goes to the hospital for the operation. While Aditya's new wife and his mother, Gayatri Singh (Deepti Naval), await completion of his surgery, Aditya encounters anaesthesia awareness.

The surgical pain causes Aditya to have a clairvoyant experience exposing Dr. Sameer's plot to murder Aditya, also revealing that Ria worked at the hospital under Dr. Sameer and has conspired with him against Aditya. Ria's plan was to marry Aditya, and then poison the donor heart to cause its rejection, thus murdering Aditya to collect insurance money to pay off Dr. Sameer's debts. The scheme unravels and Gayatri, realising what has happened, sacrifices herself so that Aditya can live, having barely survived the surgery and attempt on his life. She commits suicide and her heart is switched for the poisoned one by Dr. Trehan (Om Puri). During a shared out-of-body experience, Gayatri reveals to Aditya that his father's death was not his fault but just an accident and that he should value his life for which both his parents has sacrificed. Dr. Sameer and his conspirators are being arrested and Aditya comes back to consciousness. Film closes with Aditya telling Ria that he knows the truth due to anaesthesia awareness and hands her over to police.

Cast

• Adhyayan Suman as Aditya Singh/Adi
• Ariana Ayam as Ria/Shruti Tandon
• Shekhar Suman as Dr Sameer Saxena
• Deepti Naval as Gayatri Singh (Aditya's mother)
• Om Puri as Dr Trehan
• Madan Jain

Marketing

The theatrical trailer of Heartless was released on 14 November 2013.[14] The audio of the film was released by Sachin Tendulkar at Reliance Digital Xpress, Prabhadevi on 19 December 2013.[15][16][17]

Soundtrack

The Soundtrack for the film was composed by Gaurav Dagaonkar with Pakistani band called Fuzon (Khurram Iqbal, Shallum Asher Xavier, Imran Momina) for Ishq Khuda. The lyrics are by Arafat Mehmood, Seema Saini, Shekhar Suman & S.K. Khalish. The soundtrack was released on 7 January 2014. The song Main Dhoondhne Ko Zamaane Mein and "soniye" became popular.[18] Sukanya sang a duet with Mohit Chauhan in the film.[19]

Heartless
Soundtrack album by Gaurav Dagaonkar
Released	2014
Genre	Film soundtrack
Length	38:10
Label	T-Series
Gaurav Dagaonkar chronology
Chal Pichchur Banate Hain (2012) Heartless (2014)

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Mashooqana"	Arafat Mehmood	Ash King, Arunima Bhattacharya	4:24
2.	"Main Dhoondne Ko Zamaane Mein"	Arafat Mehmood	Arijit Singh	4:23
3.	"Soniye"	Seema Saini	KK	5:01
4.	"Ishq Khuda"	S.K. Khalish	Khurram Iqbal	5:02
5.	"What A Feeling"	Shekhar Suman	Mohit Chauhan & Sukanya Ghosh	4:00
6.	"Heartless"	Seema Saini	Mohit Chauhan, Aniruddh Bhola & Suzanne D'Mello	4:27
7.	"Thanks Brother"	Seema Saini	Shekhar Suman & Adhyayan Suman	3:10
8.	"Mashooqana" (Sanjoy Deb Remix)	Arafat Mehmood	Ash King, Arunima Bhattacharya & Sanjoy Deb	3:29
9.	"Main Dhoondne Ko Zamaane Mein" (Reprise)	Arafat Mehmood	Arijit Singh	4:14

Reception

Times of India gave 3.5 stars to the music of the film.[20] Koimoi gave 2.5 stars to the album.[21]

The first half "routine" but that after the intermission, "the film becomes a thrilling roller-coaster ride with terrific punches."[22] Paloma Sharma of Rediff.com gave it 1 out of 5 stars telling viewers to "stop trying to make sense of the script because there isn't any."[23] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave it 2.5 stars and praised performance of Adhyayan Suman.[24] Faheem Ruhani of India Today gave it 2 stars, stating that " Suman wastes far too much time making his son look super cool in song and dance sequences."[25]

Box office

Heartless was a box office flop.[26] The film looked promising with a different concept story but it did not get much appreciation which might be attributed to the poor marketing.

Awards and nominations

Award	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result	Ref.
7th Mirchi Music Awards	Upcoming Male Vocalist of The Year	Khurram Iqbal - "Ishq Khuda"	Nominated	[27]

See also

• Bollywood films of 2014

References

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External links

• Heartless on IMDb