Ab Ke Baras (English: This Year) is a 2002 Indian Hindi action romance
film. It had launched the career of the two newcomers, Amrita Rao and
Arya Babbar. The film was a disaster at the box office. Amrita Rao
could survive the debacle briefly, but Arya Babbar could not.U.S.
based Anjali Thapar (Amrita Rao) has repeated dreams of a parallel
life in India, the temple of Devi Maa Durga, & some sword-wielding men
on horseback. She and her mom consult a pandit, and he advises them to
go to India to clear this matter up, as this pertains to her past
life. Mr. Thapar will only let Anjali go there after she marries the
man of his choice, so Anjali decides to run away. Her dad alerts her
uncle, a ruthless CBI Officer, DCP Sikander Baksh (Danny Denzongpa),
who is soon on her case. Anjali meets with car-thieves, Karan and his
uncle (Arya Babbar and Shakti Kapoor respectively), and then begins
her journey into a past life, as Nandini, the lover of freedom fighter
Abhay (also Arya Babbar), and his subsequent death at the hands of
British-aided traitor Tejeshwar Singh (Ashutosh Rana). Anjali does not
know that Tejeshwar is still alive, is a powerful minister in the
Indian Government, and has decided that he will make history repeat
itself by separating the two lovers again - this time with the help of
the government machinery.Director Rahul Rawail wanted to make a movie
with Sunny Deol and Padmini Kohlapure in the mid 80s, which was
related to reincarnation, but things didn't work out when Padmini took
a break from films after marriage. The film was initially titled as
Mohabbat Aur Karz in the year 1988; later, director Raj Kanwar started
the film in 1999 as Saath Pichle Janam Ka, featuring Saif Ali Khan and
Mahima Chaudhary in lead roles, but Saif asked for more salary that
was beyond the budget, Mahima too asked for the same, due to which Raj
Kanwar shelved the movie. Finally the film was started in 2002 with
newcomers Arya Babbar and Amrita Rao as Ab Ke Baras. Ab Ke Baras Top Movies & Young Movies