To escape a secure but stifling life with her workaholic husband Sudhir, bored housewife Simran begins an affair with Sunny, an ex-boyfriend from her college days. However, when Sudhir grows suspicious and hires a private detective, the infidelity soon comes to light.
Acting
Mallika Sherawat's breakthrough—vulnerable, sensual, trapped.
Score
Anu Malik's 'Bheege Hont Tere'—inescapably horny anthem.
Direction
Anurag Basu's sleek shadows before he went prestige.
Director
Anurag Basu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is an unofficial remake of Adrian Lyne's Unfaithful (2002), which itself adapted Claude Chabrol's La Femme Infidèle (1969). Basu never credited the source.
The film sparked moral panic in India—CBFC demanded cuts, yet it became a blockbuster, proving audiences wanted erotic thrillers even if critics didn't.
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