Hattrick
- Director
- Milan Luthria
- Studio
- UTV Motion Pictures
- Release Date
- 15 March 2007
- Running Time
- 110 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- India
- Budget
- ₹9.00 Cr
- Box Office
- ₹7.25 Cr
Review
"Hattrick" attempts to weave three disparate narratives—a curmudgeonly Delhi hospital administrator, a newly married couple grappling with incompatibility, and an ambitious immigrant laborer in London—into a cohesive meditation on compromise and human connection. The premise itself shows ambition, but director's execution falters significantly. While the Satyajit character offers potential for nuanced exploration of institutional dysfunction and emotional burnout, the film reduces him to a one-dimensional grouch without sufficient character arc. The young couple's cricket-centric marital discord feels contrived rather than organic, relying on superficial conflict rather than genuine incompatibility. The London subplot with Hemu remains underdeveloped, treated as an afterthought rather than an integral thread. The performances, particularly in the supporting roles, lack the subtlety needed to elevate thin material, and the screenplay struggles to justify why these three stories belong in the same film beyond thematic hand-waving about sacrifice and acceptance.
The box office performance of ₹7.25 crore with a -19% ROI reflects audience indifference, which isn't entirely undeserved given the film's narrative incoherence. This director's previous work averages 6.2/10, suggesting inconsistency, and here the problem is clear: the film bites off more than it can chew narratively while simultaneously underwriting each storyline. There are moments—a hospital scene handling organ dona
Storyline
So there's this brilliant but super grumpy doctor named Satyajit who runs a hospital in Delhi. He's honestly kind of a jerk to everyone around him—his young interns are always trying to get him to be nicer to patients, but he doesn't really care about that stuff. He's more focused on the hard reality of running a government hospital where there aren't enough beds and they have to make tough choices about who gets treatment. You can tell his rough personality comes from dealing with impossible situations day after day.
Then there's this adorable young Punjabi couple, Saby and Kashmira, who actually married for love instead of doing the whole arranged marriage thing their families expected. Their parents were surprisingly cool about it and helped them get married, which was sweet. But once they tie the knot, they start realizing they're actually really different people—especially when it comes to cricket, which Saby absolutely lives for but Kashmira couldn't care less about. Poor Kashmira ends up feeling pretty lonely and neglected because her new husband is glued to every India match.
And then there's this character named Hemu, who's working as a cleaner at London airport as part of his whole journey trying to make it as an immigrant. Everyone's dealing with their own stuff in different ways, and you can already sense that these storylines are going to connect in some interesting way as the movie goes on.
