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Heartless is a film of genre Drama directed by Shekhar Suman released in USA on 17 february 2014 with Adhyayan Suman
Heartless (2014)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 17 february 2014
Length 2h7
Directed by Shekhar Suman
Themes Medical-themed films
Rating52%
Heartless is a 2014 Bollywood medical thriller film directed by Shekhar Suman. Shekhar Suman also stars in the film along with his son Adhyayan Suman. The film also features Ariana Ayam, Deepti Naval, Om Puri and Madan Jain amongst others. It released on 7 February 2014, to mixed reviews from critics. The film focuses on anaesthesia awareness, where a patient cannot move or communicate, but is aware to varying degrees of what is happening during surgical procedures. Several critics have noticed striking similarities between the film and the 2007 Hollywood medical thriller Awake, leading some to describe Heartless a copy of said film.
Synopsis
A young business magnate Aditya Singh (Adhyayan Suman) is in love with Ria (Ariana Ayam). Aditya requires a heart transplant but refuses due to guilt of killing his father during a boat ride in his childhood. Dr. Sameer Saxena aka Sam (Shekhar Suman) is Aditya's heart surgeon and friend. Aditya asks Dr. Sameer to arrange his elopement with Ria. They marry privately without his mother's knowledge, then Aditya goes to the hospital for the operation. While Aditya's new wife and his mother, Gayatri Singh (Deepti Naval), await completion of his surgery, Aditya encounters anaesthesia awareness.Actors
Adhyayan Suman
(Aditya Singh)
Ariana Ayam
(Ria)
Ariana Ayam
(Ria/Shruti Tandon)
Om Puri
(Dr. Sanjay Trehan)
Deepti Naval
(Gayatri Singh)
Shekhar Suman
(Dr. Sameer Saxena)
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