Hollywood Buddha

A fatal bus accident affects two generations of South Indian families in this music-driven melodrama. 1984: Gifted singer Swarnalatha (Shabana Azmi), schooled in the classical carnatic tradition, persuades her friend, amateur violinist Vaishnavi (Ranjani Ramakrishnan), to perform with her in a nearby city. But the bus carrying both young mothers and their children collides with a weaving car while crossing the bridge that connects the village to the mainland. Vaishnavi dies, as does Swarnalatha's child. Twenty years later, Vaishnavi's son, Abhinay (Prakash Rao), live in the city and has a successful career writing jingles. Frustrated by the anonymity of composing com...