Fareb

The movie starts with the murder of one Mr Singhania. All the evidence points to his wife Ria Singhania (Shamita Shetty).But the law frees her.Soon, she falls in love with Aditya Malhotra (Manoj Bajpai), who is already married to Neha (Shilpa Shetty).But Ria is very stubborn, and has to get what she wants. Aditya realises romancing Ria means betraying his wife and child. He tells Ria as much. On the same day, Ria gets murdered. And the evidence points to Aditya.Who is the murderer? That is pretty much

what Fareb is about.From the initial scenes, it looks like Fareb is a whodunit. But later, the story shifts to the romance between Manoj Bajpai and the Shetty sisters, in turns.An actor of Bajpai's caliber can do so much more. But his performance is weak,as compared to his heroines. Especially in the scenes where he gets angry and starts screaming. Besides, his stammering is very Shah Rukh Khan like.The Shetty sisters have performed well, especially Shilpa, who underplays her character. Tijori got actors like

Bajpai and beautiful women like Shilpa and Shamita, and yet, he could not produce good results. He cannot seem to make up his mind whether he wants a suspense thriller or a romantic film. Baras Ja is quite peppy, but the rest of the music is average.

Fareb, like Tijori's earlier film Khamosh & oops, is worth a miss.FAREB is not just a love triangle, revolving around a man torn

between love [wife] and lust [the other woman], but also a murder mystery. And the women in this story go to extremes to get the man they desire. Not that FAREB is path-breaking cinema. In fact, FAREB is too ordinary a fare as far as the script is concerned, but it's Tijori's execution that holds your interest at several points in the film. In a nutshell, FAREB could've been a thoroughly engrossing fare, but the script curtails its prospects to a major extent. On the whole in my opinion FAREB is an average fare.