Sins (film)

Sins
Directed byVinod Pande
Produced byVinod Pande
Starring
Music bySanjoy Chowdhury (Background Score)
Distributed byYash Raj Films
Release date
  • 25 February 2005 (2005-02-25) (India)
Running time
134 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageEnglish[2]

Sins is a 2005 English-language Indian drama film directed and produced by Vinod Pande. It stars Shiney Ahuja and Seema Rahmani. The film is based on a news story that Pande read in 1988 about a Kerala priest sentenced to death on sexual harassment and murder charges.[3] The film depicts the unconventional passionate affair of a young girl with an older priest. Deciding to keep their love story confidential, things take such a twist that their love story takes a perpetual transformation into a story marked by jealousy, hatred, and treachery.

The film has a few controversial topless scenes, as a result of which it received an A certificate from the censor board of India. The film depicting a Catholic priest romantically involved with a young woman, was protested against by those that felt it was a negative portrayal of Catholicism and indecent. Catholic Secular Forum filed a public interest litigation to stall its release but court cleared the film.[4][5] Released on 25 February 2005 on 50 screens, the film was commercially unsuccessful.[6]

The film is based on a news story that Pande read in 1988 about a priest sentenced to death on sexual harassment and murder charges.[7]

Cast

  • Shiney Ahuja as Father William
  • Seema Rahmani as Rosemary
  • Nitesh Pande as Graham
  • Uttara Baokar as Mrs Fernandes
  • Shashank Shekhar Mahakul as Joe, Rosie's brother
  • Rishi Khurana as Joseph
  • Dadhi Pande as John
  • Vivek Mishra as Dean
  • Madhavi Chopra as Rajni
  • Mohit Nilekani as Kailash
  • Shanu Dev as Police Inspector
  • Vivek Rawat as Ismail
  • Gauri Shankar as Ray
  • Navin Kumar as Sam
  • Manoj Bhaskar as Bhaskar
  • Aditi Sengupta as Shashi
  • Ashutosh Pathak as Postman
  • Ray Mathew as Auto driver
  • Krishna Upadhyay as vegetable vendor
  • Rajat Nath as Bishop
  • Bikramjeet as Bishop's assistant
  • Kamal Adib as Judge
  • Sunil Kumar as William's servant
  • Rajesh Mishra as Julian

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sins (An Amoral Communion)". British Board of Film Classification.
  2. ^ "Sins - CBFC". Central Board of Film Certification. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Sins: 'Very tragic, sensitive story' (Interview with Vinod Pande)". Rediff. 22 February 2005. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  4. ^ Anuj Kumar (28 February 2005). "Salvation after sins". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 21 January 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Church anger over Bollywood film". BBC News. 21 February 2005. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Sins - Movie". Box Office India.
  7. ^ "Sins: 'Very tragic, sensitive story' (Interview with Vinod Pande)". Rediff. 22 February 2005. Retrieved 25 July 2015.