National Film Development Corporation Ltd. and Whispers From Eternity Films’ Tara & Akash (UA) is the story of a girl who meets a guy in Switzerland and develops feelings of love for him. But it turns out that the young man doesn’t exist.
Tara (Alankrita Bora) comes to Switzerland on a holiday and rents the apartment in which lives a senior citizen (Deepti Naval). Tara meets Akash (Jitesh Thakur) and the two strike a friendly bond. As Tara and Akash meet everyday, friendship soon turns into love. But Tara is crestfallen to learn that Akash actually doesn’t exist. On probing further, she realises that Akash was killed in a road accident. Why is Akash visible to only Tara? Why is he on Earth?
Based on a concept by Jitesh Thakur, the story by Srinivas Abrol is quite different from the usual stories one sees in films. But it is so different that it doesn’t hold appeal for everyone. Srinivas Abrol’s screenplay moves at a slow pace and even gets repetitive at times. But the interval point has shock value. The second half has more drama but it is also a fact that it would appeal only to a thin section of the class audience. Srinivas Abrol’s dialogues are quite nice.
Alankrita Bora acts ably as Tara. Jitesh Thakur is average as Akash. Deepti Naval lends fine support as the owner of the house. Amol Palekar makes his mark in a tiny role as the author. Brijendra Kala entertains in a brief role. Morgan Johnston, Anas Khan, Michael Morari, Anna Bajeva, Robbie Bajeva, Flavio, Tinu Priya, Usha Chauhan, Arshiya Kashyap and the others lend the desired support.
Srinivas Abrol’s direction is quite nice. He has narrated a complex tale in a manner which is comprehensible. C. Sathya’s music and Ginny Diwan’s lyrics are functional. Candy Jacinto’s choreography is nothing to shout about. C. Sathya’s background music is so-so. Ateet Singh’s camerawork is good. The Swiss locales are pretty. Team WFE Films’ production designing is okay. Rameez Dalal’s editing is fairly sharp.
On the whole, Tara & Akash is a well-made film but its box-office prospects are dull — and not only because of the lack of face value but also because of the subject which is too philosophical.
Released on 26-9-’25 at Metro Inox (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru PVR Inox Pictures. Publicity & opening: poor. …….Also released all over. Opening was weak everywhere.
