What
do
you
do
when
you,
accidentally,
bang
into
someone
on
the
road?
Flee
from
the
spot?
Call
for
help?
Dial
the
cops?
Rush
the
victim
to
the
hospital?
Pick
up
a
newspaper
and
chances
are
you
might
glance
upon
a
hit-and-run
case
only
too
often.
Accident
on
Hill
Road,
a
remake
of
Stuck
[Mena
Suvari,
Stephen
Rea],
raises
a
few
questions
in
its
own
way.
Perhaps,
the
intentions
were
right,
but
what
eventually
unfolds
on
screen
isn't.
The
problem
with
Accident
on
Hill
Road
is
that
it
loses
focus
after
a
point
and
that
takes
away
the
seriousness
from
the
issue.
Sonam
[Celina
Jaitley]
is
a
nurse
who
accidentally
steers
her
car
into
the
harmless
Prakash
[Farooque
Shaikh],
sending
him
flying
through
the
windshield.
Not
wanting
to
jeopardize
her
future,
Sonam,
along
with
her
drug-peddling
boyfriend
Sid
[Abhimanyu
Singh],
chooses
not
to
get
him
medical
help,
leaving
him
clinging
to
life
in
her
garage.
But
soon
her
psyche
begins
to
unravel
as
the
captor
and
captive
are
pitted
against
each
other
in
a
battle
for
survival.
Accident
on
Hill
Road
had
the
potential
to
be
a
thought-provoking
film
that
pricks
your
conscience,
but
what
comes
across
is
a
half-baked
attempt
that
runs
out
of
steam
soon
after
the
intermission.
In
fact,
the
film
begins
quite
well
and
a
few
moments
as
well
as
the
twists
and
turns
in
the
first
half
do
keep
you
on
the
edge.
But
the
writing
[screenplay
adapted
by
Mahesh
Nair
and
Siddharth
Parmar]
is
shoddy
in
the
second
part
and
does
not
yield
the
desired
outcome.
The
sequences
prior
to
the
climax
are
a
complete
downer,
while
the
climax
is
the
worst
part
of
the
film.
The
drama
fails
to
become
the
nail-biting
one
that
it
ought
to
be.
Also,
the
assorted
people
that
flit
in
and
out
of
the
story
[the
kid
and
his
mom,
the
cabbie
and
the
nosey
neighbour
with
a
dog]
are
half-baked
characters
as
well.
Pray,
why
were
they
included
in
the
first
place?
Mahesh
Nair's
direction
is
a
shade
better
than
the
poor
and
sketchy
script.
Also,
he
is
unable
to
involve
the
audience
in
the
drama.
Ravi
Walia's
cinematography
is
ordinary.
The
film
has
just
one
song
[music:
Raju
Singh]
-
'Nasha
Nasha'
-
which
is
quite
erotic.
Farooque
Shaikh
doesn't
get
any
scope,
frankly.
One
definitely
expected
more,
since
the
veteran
returns
to
the
big
screen
after
a
hiatus.
Abhimanyu
Singh
enacts
his
part
well.
But
it
is
Celina
Jaitley
who
pitches
in
a
commendable
act
and
catches
you
by
complete
surprise.
On
the
whole,
Accident
on
Hill
Road
will
fail
to
make
any
headway.