Chandni Bar

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Plot: Mumtaz marries a Bombay-based male and moves into his tiny apartment. She finds that he is unable to obtain employment, so she undertakes to find employment herself and run their household. With no sk...( read more  )ills and qualifications, the only job the Mumtaz is offered is to be a dance-girl in "Chandni Bar", which she reluctantly accepts. Her husband takes off with another woman, and a gangster named Potiya Sawant takes an interest in Mumtaz and marries her. She lives together with him for several years, and gives birth to a son, Abhay, and daughter, Payal. She wants Abhay and Payal to be educated, and stay far away from her world of dancing girls, and Potiya's gangsters. Then Potiya gets in the bad books of other gangsters, loses his connections, becomes a target for the police and is killed in an "encounter", leaving Mumtaz to return back to dancing at the Chandni Bar. Years pass by, Abhay and Payal are now in their teens and attending school, Chandni still works at Chandni Bar, not as a dancer, but as a waitress. Then the unexpected happens - Abhay is arrested by the police for extortion and held in a Juvenile home. Chandni attempts to talk to the police, to no avail. She then meets with some influential people, who agree to help her out for a price, which she must bring to them in less than two days. Chandni hustles and sells her body to obtain the money, but is still short. Then Payal takes up dancing at the bar, and brings the rest of the money to her troubled mother. With the money turned over to release Abhay, the family heave a sigh of relief - until Mumtaz notices that it is not the same Abhay she had known two days earlier - this one is cold, ruthless, and has only purpose in life - vengeance - for something shameful that happened to him in the children's home. Look's like Payal is going in her mother's footsteps, and Abhay is all set to be another Potiya.

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  MCT:

  November 18, 2007

  A must watch film. Tabu was the best person for the role and she blends into the character very well. No one could've possibly done better then her.

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  October 12, 2007

  This film is one of the mot significant Indian films of the past decade. The acting is absolutely superb, especially on behalf of Atul Kulkami! One of those actually realistic films you don't wanna miss...

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  Atul Kulkarni
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  Rajpal Yadav
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  Tabu
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  Vinay Apte

• Rated: (Unrated)
• Directed by: Madhur Bhandarkar
• Genres: Art House & International, Drama
• Released: September 28, 2001
• DVD Released: December 18, 2001

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