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Chingaari
Sign in to saveChingaari (; ) is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Kalpana Lajmi. The film is based on the novel, The Prostitute and the Postman by Bhupen Hazarika. This was the fourth to star Mithun Chakraborty in a negative role after Jallad (1995), Elaan and Classic Dance of Love (2005).
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3.0Mithun Chakraborty plays a powerful and domineering priest who rules his temple and the surrounding village with an iron fist, all supposedly for the sake of religion. He becomes enamored with a prostitute (Sushmita Sen) from a local brothel and begins spending more and more time with her. But when the village postman (Anuj Sawhney) takes a liking to her as well, the priest is forced to deal with him and a growing village rebellion.
Cast
- Sushmita Sen as Basanti
- Mithun Chakraborty as Bhuvan Panda
- Ila Arun as Padmavati
- Anuj Sawhney as Chandan
- Aanjjan Srivastav as Narainda
- Ravi Gossain as Chintu
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Ratings
IMDb
4.7/10
229 votes
- Year
- 2006
- Runtime
- 155 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- 1 nomination
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Wikidata facts
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- publication date
- 2006-01-01
- title
- चिंगारी
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Chingaari (; ) is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Kalpana Lajmi. The film is based on the novel, The Prostitute and the Postman by Bhupen Hazarika. This was the fourth to star Mithun Chakraborty in a negative role after Jallad (1995), Elaan and Classic Dance of Love (2005).
The film is a commentary on the abuse of power and in particular discusses the injustices of the priests in India. Beneath the love triangle between the main characters, there is an age-old story that shows that not even "holy men" are exempt from the corruption of power. Later it was dubbed in Tamil as Peyar Sandhya Thozil Dhasi