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Jism (2003)

Jism poster
Directed by
Amit Saxena
Genre
drama film, erotic thriller, erotic film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 17m
Rated
A
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A married woman and a young lawyer begin a passionate affair. They hatch a plan to kill her wealthy husband for his money.

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What happens

Jism (transl. Body) is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language erotic thriller film directed by Amit Saxena. The film stars Bipasha Basu, John Abraham in his acting debut, and Gulshan Grover. The music for the film was composed by M. M. Kreem. The film is inspired by Body Heat (1981) by Lawrence Kasdan which was based on Billy Wilder's 1944 film Double Indemnity, an adaptation of James M. Cain's novel of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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