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Chandni Bar (2003)

Chandni Bar (2003)
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Heading to Bombay with her lone surviving relative after she loses her parents and her town is destroyed by religious strife, young Mumtaz (Tabu) has a difficult time adjusting to a place where jobs seems scarce and life is cheap. Informed by distant relative Iqbal (Rajpal Yadav) that the only job available at the time is a position in the sordid Chandni Bar, Mumtaz's guardian, Mamu Irfan, reluctantly accepts the position in order to provide for her young charge. Soon addicted to drugs, Mamu Irfan finds solace only in the company of her equally despondent co-workers. The arrival of corrupt political henchman Potiya (Atul Kulkarni) provides a glimmer of hope as he falls for Mamu Irfan, though after a brief marriage and a pair of children later, Potiya quickly disappears never to be seen again. Despite Mamu Irfan's best efforts to keep Mumtaz and her children shielded from the bleak realities of her own life, fate soon descends a series of crippling blows on the hapless family. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Starring:
TabuAtul Kulkarni, (more)
Director(s):
Madhur Bhandarkar
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Synopsis of Chandni Bar

Heading to Bombay with her lone surviving relative after she loses her parents and her town is destroyed by religious strife, young Mumtaz (Tabu) has a difficult time adjusting to a place where jobs seems scarce and life is cheap. Informed by distant relative Iqbal (Rajpal Yadav) that the only job available at the time is a position in the sordid Chandni Bar, Mumtaz's guardian, Mamu Irfan, reluctantly accepts the position in order to provide for her young charge. Soon addicted to drugs, Mamu Irfan finds solace only in the company of her equally despondent co-workers. The arrival of corrupt political henchman Potiya (Atul Kulkarni) provides a glimmer of hope as he falls for Mamu Irfan, though after a brief marriage and a pair of children later, Potiya quickly disappears never to be seen again. Despite Mamu Irfan's best efforts to keep Mumtaz and her children shielded from the bleak realities of her own life, fate soon descends a series of crippling blows on the hapless family. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Director(s):
Madhur Bhandarkar
Writer(s):
Mohan Azad
Producer(s):
Lata Mohan
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    SANDHYA P.

    Kudos to the director, the actors and all the people who helped in making this film. It is an amazing film , more a commentary of the times. It spares no one and nothing when it portrays the harsh realities of women in an exploitative industry in particular and in the world in general. It also takes a lot out of you , emotionally while you watch this film, one blow after the other. You leave with a heavy heart and do not even for a minute think this is any different from reality. There is no message of hope , just the bleak truth that poverty and helplesness are the biggest curse and with them this life on earth becomes hell.A must watch movie for all people who like realistic cinema and not the usual song and dance stuff that hollywood and bollywood churn out endlessly.For the people looking for a timepass Bollywood movie or feel-good-cinema, do not watch it, for all others, THIS IS A MUST SEE, DO NOT MISS IT!

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    Nishant K.

    One of the best performance delivered by Tabu. A must watch movie.

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