Movie: Chandni Bar Starring: Tabu, Atul Kulkarni Direction: Madhur Bhandarkar
Music: Raju Singh*
This film revolves around Mumtaz( Tabu) , whose life changes after the death
of her parents in a fire accident. Her Mamu
takes her to town, later selling her to Chandni Bar, where she begins
life as a beer bar dancer.
She doesn’t want to join but her mamu
assures her that she can leave as soon as he finds a job. He doesn’t keep
his promise and Mumtaz has no other alternative. Mumtaz
get through her first night by simply standing on stage amidst the other dancers. The bar owner, isn’t very happy and one of the other dancers decides
to train Mumtaz.
Mumtaz is then given tips on how to approach men who seem
rich. The next night is better, but Mumtaz is still a little
unsure. But eventually she gets the hang of it and becomes part of the glitter
in Chandni Bar. Her time in the dressing room with the other dancers gains
her lots of friends and also enemies who feel that their clients might get attracted to mumtaz .
Life takes another shocking turn when mamu rapes Mumtaz.
Mumtaz can only turn to her friends for emotional support.
Unable to leave her mamu, she begins looking forward to the nights
in Chandni Bar, where she much safer.
One fine day Mumtaz meets Potiya(Atul Kulkarni). He was the don ogf that area.... He asks her if she will sleep with him. She refuses, but is forced into it
by her uncle. Potiya can’t however understand why Mumtaz is so uninvolved
and cold.
She ends up confiding in him and he kills mamu in a fit of
anger, after promising to marry her.
Mumtaz is finally out of Chandni Bar, with a husband who loves her. She has
two children for whom she has dreams. Her son will study and become a "*bada
aadmi*, " she decides and her daughter will never find herself in Chandni
Bar. But unfortunately, Potiya gets killed in a police encounter and Mumtaz
is back working in Chandni Bar to earn for her children. But she also makes
sure her children are as far away as possible from the underworld and Chandni
Bar. But fate had other plans yet again. Her son gets jailed for no fault
of his own. But because of his father’s past, no one is willing to believe
that he is innocent. In the jail, two other boys sexually molest
him.
Meanwhile Mumtaz gets back to her old customers, so that she came make
enough money to bribe officials to get her son out of the jail. Wanting to help,
her daughter walks into Chandni Bar as well. And with the money, the son is
released.
Everything was fine till the boy murders
those who molested him in prison.
*Well once you choose a wrong path its very difficult to choose a right path....
I like the way Tabu acted and yes the way the movie shows the true side of Mumbai Bar Dancers life.....
A must-see
for those who appreciate real cinema, despite the fact that you come out feeling
depressed and uneasy.
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