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Chandni Bar is a film of genre Drama directed by Madhur Bhandarkar released in USA on 28 september 2001 with Tabu
Chandni Bar (2001)
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Add to a movie listChandni Bar is a 2001 Hindi film directed by Madhur Bhandarkar. It depicts the gritty life of the Mumbai underworld, including prostitution, dance bars and gun crime. The film stars Tabu and Atul Kulkarni in lead roles. It also stars Ananya Khare, Rajpal Yadav, Minakshi Sahani and Vishal Thakkar. The film was a critically acclaimed hit and it won four National Film Awards. Tabu came into the limelight with this movie, along with Rajpal Yadav.
Synopsis
Mumtaz (Tabu) is a young village woman whose family is killed in communal riots. She moves to Mumbai with her uncle, the only family member she has left. They are desperately poor and her uncle persuades her to become a bar girl at Chandni Bar. This is merely temporary, he promises, until he gets a job. Mumtaz is shy and loathes the work, but she forces herself to dance and flirt. However, the uncle doesn't keep his promise; he lives on her earnings, drinking them away, and never gets a job. He adds one final, unforgivable crime to the list when he gets drunk and rapes her.Actors
Tabu
(Mumtaz P. Sawant)
Atul Kulkarni
(Potya Sawant)
Upendra Limaye
(Goluldas Pandey)
Rajpal Yadav
(Iqbal Chamdi)
Ananya Khare
(Deepa Pandey)
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