Pyaasa
Directed by	A. Muthu
Written by	Sanjeev Duggal
Produced by	Ramesh Sharma
Starring	Yukta Mookhey Aftab Shivdasani Zulfi Syed Govind Namdeo Saadhika
Cinematography	Harmeet Singh
Music by	Sanjeev Darshan Nikhil-Vinay
Release date	11 October 2002 (2002-10-11)
Running time	145 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Pyaasa (transl. eternally thirsty) is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language film directed by A. Muthu. The film tells the story of Suraj (Aftab Shivdasani), a young man, full of dreams, aspirations, desire, but no money. He is desperate for money. He meets the anchor of his life, Sheetal Oberoi (Yukta Mookhey in her first major leading role in Hindi cinema), boss of a Mega Corporate company, who has a lot of money with her.^[1][2]

Plot

Pyaasa is a love triangle with revenge as its base. Suraj aspires to be a millionaire some day, but all hopes of making it big are squashed by his father and uncle, who don't approve of selling their ancestral land. Sheetal, a tycoon, hires Suraj to work for her business empire. Prem is Suraj's cousin and an accomplished businessman, who Suraj detests. What Suraj does not know is that Sheetal is just using him as a pawn to exact revenge from Prem and his father, Dharam Thakur.^[3]

Cast

• Aftab Shivdasani as Suraj Thakur^[4]
• Yukta Mookhey as Sheetal Oberoi^[3]
• Zulfi Syed as Prem Thakur
• Anang Desai as Dharam Thakur
• Akhilendra Mishra as Mr. Oberoi
• Govind Namdeo as Mr. Thakur
• Saadhika as Simran Thakur
• Smita Jaykar as Mrs. Thakur
• Arif Zakaria
• Mukesh Tiwari
• Sanjay Narvekar
• Sardool Sikander in a special appearance
• Satyavrat Mudgal as Aftab's Friend

Soundtrack

Reception

Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM gave the film 1 out of 5, writing, "PYAASA is a typical commercial film with loads of everything, romance, action, songs Presented in an oft-repeated fashion, the film turns out to be a predictable fare as the plot thickens."^[5]