The ravishing Chitrangda wowed audiences and critics alike with her astonishing debut in Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, and was hailed as 'the next Smita Patil'. But she vanished into thin air and announced a sudden retirement.

Yet another star-child, Dharmendra's nephew Abhay popped up on screen opposite Ayesha Takia in Imtiaz Ali's Socha Na Tha and proceeded to deliver a refreshingly natural performance with great restraint and likeability.