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Chameli (2003)

Chameli poster
Directed by
Sudhir Mishra, Anant Balani
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
India
Runtime
1h 48m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A prostitute and an investment banker end up spending a night together in Mumbai. Their unlikely encounter forces them to confront their own lives and choices.

grittyintimatetensemelancholicurbanrealisticslow-burncharacter-driven

What happens

Chameli (transl. Jasmine) is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Sudhir Mishra. The story revolves around a prostitute and an investment banker spending a night together. It stars Kareena Kapoor and Rahul Bose. This was Rinke Khanna's final film before her retirement after marriage. The film was remade as Jabilamma (2008) in Telugu with Navneet Kaur and Rajeev Kanakala. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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