Sins (film)

Sins
Directed by	Vinod Pande
Produced by	Vinod Pande
Starring	Shiney Ahuja Seema Rahmani Vinod Pande
Music by	Sanjoy Chowdhury (Background Score)
Distributed by	Yash Raj Films
Release date	25 February 2005 (2005-02-25)(India)
Running time	134 minutes [1]
Country	India
Language	English [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

• The Crime of Padre Amaro , a controversial Mexican-Spanish film with a similar theme.

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.

External links

• Sins at IMDb