Guzaarish is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film written, composed and directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The film stars Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan while Shernaz Patel, Aditya Roy Kapur, Monikangana Dutta, Suhel Seth, Swara Bhaskar, and Makrand Deshpande portray pivotal roles. It is jointly produced by Bhansali and UTV Motion Pictures. Sudeep Chatterjee handled Cinematography and editing was performed by Hemal Kothari.
The film narrates the story of a paralyzed magician-turned-Radio jockey who files a petition in court seeking permission to end his life. The film was released on 19 November 2010 to positive reviews from critics, who praised the direction, cinematography, and performances, particularly of Roshan, and Rai. It is believed to be Roshan's underrated yet crucially career best performance for his strong emotional portrayal of the character. However, veteran Indian writer Dayanand Rajan claimed that the plot of the film was plagiarised from his unpublished novel Summer Snow.
Cast ---
Hrithik Roshan as Ethan Mascarenhas
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as Sofia D'Souza
Shernaz Patel as Devyani Dutta
Aditya Roy Kapur as Omar Siddiqui
Suhel Seth as Dr. Nayak
Nafisa Ali as Ethan's Mother/Isabelle
Rajit Kapur as Public Prosecutor, Vipin Patel
Vijay Crishna as Judge Rajhansmoni
Monikangana Dutta as Estella Francis
Makrand Deshpande as Neville D'Souza, Sofia's husband
Swara Bhaskar as Radhika Talwar, news correspondent
Ash Chandler as Yasser Siddiqui
Priyanka Bose as singer at the bar
Achint Kaur as Saroj, news anchor
Olivier Lafont as Father Samuel
Sahil Shah as student on phone