Kabir Lal is an alcoholic lawyer whose life is looking as if going down the drain. One morning he sees a stunningly attractive woman on a beach and is instantly enamored by her. By chance he sees her again in a restaurant and offers to buy her a drink. In the process he learns that her name is Sonia and she is married. Unable to resist, he asks her whether she would show him her home. It marks the beginning of a passionate affair, during which Kabir is told that Sonia's husband neglects her. But Sonia cannot leave him because she cannot support herself without her husband's money. Sonia suggests murder and Kabir, blind with lust, agrees. They manage to kill Sonia's husband and make it look like an accident, but then Kabir gets to see Sonia's other side: she no longer is the passionate lover as before, but is a cool-headed mean woman now who won't let go of her wealth at any cost.
Cinematography
Goa looks impossibly sexy, even during murder.
Acting
Bipasha Basu invented the toxic wife aesthetic here.
Score
That saxophone is doing unspeakable things.
Director
Amit Saxena
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was John Abraham's acting debut; he was a model who reportedly learned Hindi on set. The casting director basically said 'tall, brooding, willing to oil up?'
Jism sparked controversy as one of Bollywood's first mainstream erotic thrillers, essentially creating the template that Murder (2004) and countless imitators would follow.
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