Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai

Plot

Suraj is a simple village man who comes to Mumbai from Benaras to earn a degree in college. He gets smitten by a light-eyed beauty Pooja. After some dilly-dallying, the duo expresses their love for each other.

Suraj has big dreams. He wants to emulate his mentor Naved Ali, a shrewd media baron. Then one day, in a heroic deed Suraj saves the life of a fatally wounded man, impressing Naved Ali. A flattered Naved sends his raunchy colleague Lara (Sushmita Sen) to rope in Suraj to start a new channel.

Slowly the callow youth becomes a clever businessman and Lara begins to take Pooja’s place. Pooja tries to convince Suraj of the futility of it all but only in vain. Suraj is determined to carve a place for himself in the higher echelons of society. Soon he has everything he ever wanted and dreamed of – a swanky bungalow, sleek cars, etc. But he has lost his innocence.

And one day Suraj realizes the dastardly motives of Naved Ali, who wants to become the PM of the country, and how he has been used as a pawn in his power game.

Cast

Abhishek Bachchan as Surajchand "Suraj" Shrivastav

Rani Mukerji as Pooja

Sushmita Sen as Lara Oberoi

Jackie Shroff as Naved Ali

Gulshan Grover as Sardar Sweety Singh

Anang Desai as Chandan Shrivastav, Suraj's father

Smita Jaykar as Mrs. Gayetri Shrivastav, Suraj's mother

Himani Shivpuri as Gayetri's sister-in-law

Sharat Saxena as Balkishan Deshpande

Jennifer Kotwal as Suraj's sister

Suchitra Pillai-Malik as Sangeeta Chopra

Karan Razdan as Chandan's brother

Shiva Kumar as Police Commissioner

Rahul Singh as Suraj's friend

Puneet Vashist as Suraj's friend

Anupam Shyam

Soundtrack

All songs were composed by Aadesh Shrivastav. The lyrics were written by Goldie Behl except for one song each by Dev Kohli and Nida Fazli.

Controversy

The Delhi Police arrested film producer Tanya Behl on charges of assaulting two city photographers during the shooting of the film.