Hallmark Studioz and Sanam Productions India’s One Story Many Ends (A) is actually a film with two stories set in two different years (2003 and 2018) and one end!
Roshni (Roshni Kapoor) is a film actress who loves Raja (Niraj Malhotra). However, underworld don Sikandar Pathan (Tarun Khanna) loves her and, in fact, has been instrumental in making her an actress. He fires a bullet at Raja when the latter goes to meet Roshni. Both, Raja and Sikandar Pathan, disappear thereafter.
The other love story is of Julie (Sakshi Dwivedi) and Vijay (Adesh Chaudhary). The two elope and start living in a flat which appears to be haunted by an evil spirit. Soon, Julie dies in what seems to be a case of murder. Julie’s sister, Anna (Drishti Grewal), is also killed in the same flat and so is Vijay. The spirit similarly murders a couple of other people.
Sanjay Niranjan’s stories are predictable but it is not clear what point he wants to make by having the two stories (set in different time periods) run concurrently on the screen. His screenplay is as clichéd as it can get. Consequently, the drama fails to thrill, excite or involve the audience. Niranjan’s dialogues are dull.
Roshni Kapoor hardly impresses in the role of Roshni. Niraj Malhotra is average as Raja. Tarun Khanna is so-so as Sikandar Pathan. Sakshi Dwivedi hardly looks like a heroine. She fails to impress in the role of Julie. Adesh Chaudhary is not hero material. His acting, as Vijay, is ordinary. Drishti Grewal lends fair support as Anna. Mukul Dev (as Thomas), Rushad Rana (as police officer Rajbir), Firdous Mewawala (as Father Anthony), Salil Sudhakar (as Pankaj), Dinesh Kaushik (as John D’costa), Deepshikha (as Rekha Bharadwaj), Gavie Chahal (as Ulhas), Rahul (as Lucky), Ajita Kulkarni (as Mamta), Usha Bachani (as secretary Usha), Shashi (as actress Shashi), Rana Jung Bahadur (as David), Brandis (as Diana), Riya Shukla (as Dolly), Ashish Warang (as Bhuteshwar) and Kirti (as Kajal Damania) lend routine support.
Sanjay Niranjan’s direction is dull — and that’s putting it mildly. Avijit Das’ music is poor. Lyrics are commonplace. The background score is ordinary. S. Pappu’s camerawork is okay. Moses Fernandes’ action and stunt scenes are functional. Manohar Patil’s art direction is dull. Sanjay Niranjan’s editing is loose.
On the whole, One Story Many Ends can have only one end — miserable!
Released on 4-3-’22 at Glamour (daily 1 show) and another cinema of Bombay thru White Lion Entertainment. Publicity & opening: terribly weak. …….Also released all over.