Kareena Kapoor plays Anjali, a high society Delhi wife taking her virginal train ride to avoid the Republic Day traffic. She's on her way to meet the lover, when suddenly affectionate husband, Aditya (Anil Kapoor), ambushes her. The slick shining train, its stations, the London-like turnstiles and ticketing, receive quite a convenient endorsement. Ladies and gents, that is Bewafaa's highest point.

Aditya, a tycoon, hardly has time for his sister-in-law turned wife Anjali or his two lovable daughters from Aarti. Anjali fulfils every role that one expects from a housewife, but cannot bridge the gap between Aditya and herself. She finds herself trapped in a marriage that seems more like a compromise.

Raja walks back into her life, as he arrives in New Delhi for a show. Anjali is torn between the two men - her indifferent husband and her ex-lover. By the time Aditya wakes up to reality, Anjali has embarked upon an extra-marital affair with Raja.

But there's trouble brewing. Dil [Manoj Bajpai] and his wife Pallavi [Shamita Shetty], Aditya's close friends and confidantes, get to know of the clandestine meetings. Anjali finds herself at the crossroads. Whom will she choose?

The trouble with the film is that it hasn’t kept pace with modern times and the decision Kareena makes reeks of the values of yesteryears. It is difficult to believe that a girl brought up by modern parents in Canada would be so typically Indian. Also she is never really shown bonding with the girls making it difficult to understand why she chooses them above everyone else.

There are multiple errors in the film. Kareena Kapoor wakes up in the morning in bed, fully made up. Kabir Bedi and Nafisa Ali behave as if they are acting in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham and Dharmesh Darshan thinks he is Karan Johar.

Dharmesh Darshan might have a good box-office record, but he has never been a decent director. Here, however, he's made some pure tripe.

Akshay Kumar announces a position of hard defiance as he growls through the title track, the only decent song in this maudlin soundtrack.

Anil Kapoor aside (big brother made the film), it's hard to imagine why any of the characters involved would work in this nothing movie.

The crux of the film is Kareena, but the script doesn't give her a chance. Anjali's character is written with cryptic cruelty. She doesn't love Aditya, but won't leave him.

Nadeem-Shravan's music conveys the various moods of the characters effectively. 'Ek Dilruba Hai', 'Pyaar Ka Anjaam', 'Kehta Hai Kabutar' and 'Ek Bewafaa Hai' are tracks that the viewer carries home after the show has concluded. The filming of 'Ek Bewafaa Hai' specifically is mind-blowing.

On the whole, BEWAFAA will meet with mixed reactions.