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Ek Hasina Thi
Directed by Sriram Raghavan
Produced by Ram Gopal Varma
Starring Urmila Matondkar
Saif Ali Khan
Seema Biswas
Distributed by Bollywood
Release date(s) February 24, 2003
Running time 120 minutes
Country Flag of India India
Language Hindi
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Ek Hasina Thi (Devnagari: एक हसीना थी, English: There Was Once A Beautiful Woman) is a 2003 Bollywood psycho thriller produced by Ram Gopal Varma, directed by debut filmmaker Sriram Raghavan and starring Urmila Matondkar and Saif Ali Khan in the lead roles. Sriram Raghavan is an Indian Filmmaker. Notable for producing a 45-minute documentary film on the Indian serial killer Raman Raghav; and a 2004 feature Ram Gopal Varma ( Telugu: రామ్ గొపాల్ వర్మ Hindi: राम गोपाल वर्मा born April 7 1962 is a Urmila Matondkar ( Marathi: उर्मिला मातोंडकर (born on February 4, 1974 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Saif Ali Khan ( Hindi: सैफ़ अली ख़ान Urdu: سیف علی خان sɛf əli xɑn born August 16 1970 in New Delhi, India Seema Biswas ( Hindi: सीमा बिस्वास Assamese: সীমা বিশ্বাস is an Indian film and Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Hindi ( Devanāgarī: hi [[wiktहिन्दी हिन्दी]] or hi [[wiktहिंदी हिंदी]] IAST:, IPA:) is English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Bollywood (बॉलीवूड بالی وڈ is the informal term popularly used for the Mumbai -based Hindi-language Film industry in India The thriller is a broad Genre of Literature, Film, Gaming and Television. Ram Gopal Varma ( Telugu: రామ్ గొపాల్ వర్మ Hindi: राम गोपाल वर्मा born April 7 1962 is a Sriram Raghavan is an Indian Filmmaker. Notable for producing a 45-minute documentary film on the Indian serial killer Raman Raghav; and a 2004 feature Urmila Matondkar ( Marathi: उर्मिला मातोंडकर (born on February 4, 1974 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Saif Ali Khan ( Hindi: सैफ़ अली ख़ान Urdu: سیف علی خان sɛf əli xɑn born August 16 1970 in New Delhi, India

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Plot

A travel agent called Sarika (Urmila Matondkar) meets and falls for a mysterious businessman Karan Rathod (Saif Ali Khan). Urmila Matondkar ( Marathi: उर्मिला मातोंडकर (born on February 4, 1974 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Saif Ali Khan ( Hindi: सैफ़ अली ख़ान Urdu: سیف علی خان sɛf əli xɑn born August 16 1970 in New Delhi, India After Karan involves Sarika in looking after a suitcase full of illegal firearms belonging to his friend, a hitman, she is arrested for having links with the underworld and is remanded to judicial custody. A firearm is a Tool that projects either single or multiple Projectiles at high velocity through a controlled explosion

Karan sends Kamalesh Mathur to her, a defense attorney, seemingly to fight her case, but who in fact tricks her into confessing that she knew the hitman and was acting of her own free will. The judge sentences her to 7 years hard labour without parole. Sarika then realizes that Karan is actually an associate to the underworld and that he had her framed to keep police eyes away from himself. The way she is made to confess to a crime she did not commit, the death of her father because of the incident, and the portrayal of the hard life in prison strengthen her and change her approach for life. She finally escapes from prison with the help of another prison-inmate.

Once outside, she begins to plot revenge on Karan. Not only does Sarika want to kill Karan, she wants him to suffer and wants to humiliate and frighten him. First she kills Mathur and throws his body off the balcony of his multi-storeyed flat. Karan remains oblivious to the fact that the murder could have been done by Sarika, even though he knew that she had escaped from prison. He blames the murder on rival gangs. Sarika then books a hotel room immediately next to Karan's and follows him for days. Karan is staying with a new girl in his hotel room, and she watches him and this girl go shopping, dining, swimming, and enjoy life as a whole.

Bilall, an aide of Sanjeev, is shocked to see Sanjeev murdered, and the entire load of cash missing. Everything points to Karan being Sanjeev's murderer. The underworld's begins to hunt down Karan. Sarika, whose long patience has paid off, enjoys this moment. Not content with Karan hurt and frightened, Sarika meets Karan when he was trying to elude hitmen sent to kill him. She pretends to be still in love with him, feigns surprise and happiness. She offers him refuge in her hide-out, so that she can enjoy his misery first hand. However Karan later relizes that Sarika was there with him at the hotel, and it leads him to finally realize that Sarika is the person who framed him. Before the police can take him to the police station, he manages to escape during a shoot out.

Karan then takes Sarika forcefully to Nanda, Sanjeev's elder brother, but Sarika escapes and manages to take Karan hostage in his car. She takes him inside a cave, knocks him unconscious and ties him with chains to the rocks. On regaining consciousness, Karan finds himself captive, and Sarika leaving him after telling him that she had searched for days to find such a place for him to die slowly in. She leaves her torchlight. Once the light from the torch goes out, rats come out and begin to attack him, as Karan used to tease Sarika for her fear of the pests. Karan dies a long and painful death. Sarika voluntarily returns to jail as she had had the pleasure of killing Karan in the manner she desired.

Cast

Awards

Along with other technical nominations, the film won the Best Screenplay and Best Editing at the Star Screen and Zee Cine award ceremonies, respectively. The Star Screen Awards has been the only Awards ceremony in India which has involved the Executive Director and the Governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Zee Cine Awards or "ZCA" for short is an Awards Ceremony in India. Matondkar received nominations for Best Actress, including Filmfare Awards, Star Screen Awards and Zee Cine. The Filmfare Awards ceremony is one of the oldest and most prominent film events given for Hindi films in India. Khan received nominations for Best Villain at the Star Screen and Zee Cine Awards.

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