Synopsis
The Hate Story franchise is best known for its dramatic plotlines featuring suspense, betrayal, revenge, and a dash of eroticism. The third part of the franchise, Hate Story 3, is directed by Vishal Pandya, who puts a mochavellian spin on the ladies’ centric parts of the franchise by introducing a controversial male protagonist.
We follow the journey of Sharman Joshi, who plays Aditya Diwan, a wealthy businessman and the head of a conglomerate which he inherited from his brother Vikram, who had passed away earlier. Aditya is portrayed as a dharmic and disciplined man for his own sake and is married to a Zareen Khan’s Siya. The pair are a flawless couple who seem to have just crossed a honeymoon phase in their life until a very bizarre businessman meets them, Saurav Singhania played by Karan Singh Grover.
Despicable as it is, Saurav is willing to offer Aditya a deal that runs upwards of millions of rupees, as long as he is granted the night with Siya. Although, this demand does cross the line, and as any reasonable person would, Aditya resorts to forcing Saurav to pay for this demand threatening his existence. From this point onward, Saurav is caught on a one way trip while he loses everything he ever held dear. In the epilogue, a series of chilling events lead up to what can only be termed as a mind fuck. Saurav and Aditya become locked in an endless display of cerebral warfare.
The unraveling of Aditya’s life takes quite a dramatic turn – a political scandal, business espionage, and an impending divorce. Focusing on one target after another, Aditya decides to shift his attention towards Saurav and hopes to find the answer to the mystery behind his deep rooted vengeance. With every layer that he peels back, he finds more answers that surprisingly enough only clash with his assumptions. Things take a wild twist once he discovers that Saurav is the younger brother of Kaya Sharma, played by Daisy Shah, who once idolized Aditya’s older brother, Vikram.
The audience learns the reasoning behind Saurav being so emotionally charged with the Diwan family through flashbacks depicting the aftermath of the Diwan family’s intervention into the love story between Kaya and Vikram. In order to carry out what Saurav deems is justice for his sister, he resorts to executing plans that involve destroying Aditya’s life.
In the movie’s closing scenes, it’s Aditya and Saurav along with their families who pay the crippling price as they are caught in blood-soaked conflicts fueled by hate and revenge. Each character spirals deeper into a cesspool of betrayal which challenges loyalty, morality, and love.
Casts and Characters
Sharman Joshi as Aditya Diwan
Once loved as a husband to a well regarded businessman, Aditya Diwan’s life completely alters when he becomes mired in a vicious conspiracy. One of the most astounding shifts in his career was post the release of the 2015 romance thriller Hate Story 3. He was previously known for softer films like 3 Idiots and then took a turn towards more serious, dramatic roles, something Joshi tried in Hate Story 3 and absolutely rocked it.
Zareen Khan as Siya Diwan
Diwan’s character motivates and assists Aditya as his wife. She faces a dilemma of love and loyalty due to Saurav’s indiscriminate proposal. Zareen Khan’s contributions feature high emotion and dress sensually, in keeping with the style of the franchise which is focused on glamour and excess.
Karan Singh Grover as Saurav Singhania
An elegant yet sinister businessman, Saurav is Singhania’s opposing character. He possesses charm and humor, but is dark and deeply malevolent. In this role, Karan Singh Grover portrays an overly vengeful man, bringing out both seductive and menacing elements of the character.
Daisy Shah as Kaya Sharma
Kaya is Saurav’s sister and one of the main catalysts that drives him towards vengeance. Daisy Shah’s portrayal adds glamour and a layer of deep aggression, enhancing the complexity of the film’s plot.
Other notable members of the production are Raj Premi and the narrator Puja Gupta for their small trademark roles that capture the film’s corporate and personal pitch drama.
Direction and Themes
Concerning Hate Story 3, I believe my reluctance towards the first part still lingers towards this film too. The movie’s visuals are romantic and dramatic to an extreme, embodying a level of corporate melodrama that drowns out the plot. On a surface level, it portrays the pursuit of corporate success. A deeper look, however, reveals themes of vengeance—a focus that, as I mentioned earlier, dominated the thematic core of the first two films.
While watching the film, one may consider the central themes as vengeance interwoven with lust, deceit, and trust breakdown. It is intriguing to observe how fears from the past can morph into an obsessively powerful force when nourished. It is also interesting how a lack of emotional weak spots within a power dynamic can be utterly catastrophic. Using seduction to eliminate emotional weak spots becomes perilous, and ensuring morals in nearly all relationships becomes exceedingly difficult.
Similar to many films that strive to possess an identifiable focus alongside an underlying passion, Hate Story 3 has not been devoid of trends. In this drive, they often lose sight of weaving a story as the music plays in the background. To ensure focus out there, this film seems to have carved its niche in bold and intimate scenes. Like most movies that are brazenly claimed to have stunning visuals and an equally epic soundtrack, this movie delivers on all counts.
Music
As with any other movie, this one has its fair share of sexy or emotional actions, and music does play a supporting role to everything else that is focused on too much. Contributing to the lyrics along with Amaal Mallik, Mithoon, and Meet Bros who rounded out the composition was rather collaborative. For shim Muntashir, Kumaar, and Rashmi Virag ensured that lyrics were not left out either.
Notable songs of the soundtrack include:
Part of the romantic soundtrack of the movie is “Tumhe Apna Banane Ka” sung by Armaan Malik and Neeti Mohan.
“Wajah Tum Ho” became widely popular and was eventually used as the title track for a T-Series thriller. It is a soulful track that topped the charts.
Daisy Shah featured in “Tu Isaq Mera” an energetic item number.
A fast-paced party anthem is called “Neendein Khul Jaati Hain”.
“Tujhko Bhulana” depicted the relationship of the character with sorrowful tones and was very emotional.
The youth were particularly drawn to the movie, and the multicast strategy significantly increased revenue during the broadcast.
Reception and Box Office
The critics slammed this installment calling it “the worst in the series,” while the box office results paint a different picture.
In my opinion, having a slack budget and spending on graphics for the film instead of set projections which were generally anticipated to be low due to the amount of romance, drama, and music, allowed the movie to exceed expectations. This bolstered the Hate series after a few failures.
Conclusion
Bollywood has developed a reputation for overly dramatized films laden with misplaced hysterical action and romance, revolving around clichéd plots. Hate Story 3 is consumed with passion, romance, and revenge, satiating the viewer’s appetite for entertainment, even though there are no significant twists to the story. The polish added, alongside the sometimes funny over-the-top exaggeration, is enough to classify Hate Story 3 as a stylized thriller.
The commercial success of Hate Story 3 allowed the producers to exploit the franchise by weaving additional stories draped in eroticism tailored for the Indian audience. With the cleverly blended emotional appeal coupled with eroticism, the franchise was able to maintain a sustained demand as it sought to create similar voyage-centric narratives. For those who adored Hate Story 3, they registered the film as an agile romp with a somewhat plausible contoured plot that—and this bears emphasis—provided a jolt of tension-laden romance blurring the line between possibility and fantasy.
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