Jism (2003 film)

Jism (transl. Body) is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language

The film was inspired by Body Heat (1981) by Lawrence Kasdan.^[1]

Plot

Kabir, an unhappy, rather poor, alcoholic lawyer, lives a playboy lifestyle in Pondicherry. Kabir's best friends, Siddharth, a policeman, and Vishal, his colleague, try to keep him away from trouble. He meets Sonia Khanna, the beautiful wife of a travelling millionaire, Rohit Khanna.

They have a stormy affair and Kabir finds himself falling madly in love with Sonia. He suggests that she gets a divorce, but she says that her husband is capable of killing them both. Sonia finally convinces Kabir to murder her husband and make it look like an accident. She also suggests that they should alter Rohit's will so that she inherits all his property. Kabir tries to reason with her, but she goes ahead and alters the will naming him as executor. Rohit's sister, Priyanka, tries to warn him that Sonia is only interested in money and has already killed Rohit's first wife. Siddharth, who is in charge of the case, suspects Kabir and is caught between friendship and duty. Kabir tries to get Sonia to leave the city with him. It is only when she sends someone to kill him that he realises that all she wants is the money.

Kabir confronts Sonia and she denies that she ever loved him. When he threatens to turn himself in and confess his crime to the police, she shoots him. He's wounded in the abdomen but manages to stand up. Sonia rushes to him as he stands and tells him that she has always loved him. They share a passionate kiss, and then the gun goes off in Sonia's hands. It is revealed that Kabir had shot Sonia in the stomach as he lay her down on the sofa.

He then flees and calls Siddharth and tells him and Vishal to meet him at the beach. They meet Kabir who apologizes to them and says that he just wants to see the sunrise one last time. As they watch the sunrise, Kabir has a vision of Sonia walking towards him. Kabir smiles to himself and then dies of his injury.

Cast

• Bipasha Basu as Sonia Khanna
• John Abraham
  as Advocate Kabir Lal
• Gulshan Grover as Rohit Khanna
• Ranvir Shorey as Vishal Pathak
• Anahita Uberoi as Priyanka Kapoor
• Ayesha Kapur as Anushka Khanna
• Harsh Vashisht as Frankie, a bomb-maker
• Vinay Pathak as DCP Siddharth
• Bobby Bedi
• Subhalekha Sudhakar
• Sheeba Chaddha as Sheeba

Music

The soundtrack of Jism soundtrack was released on 1 December 2002.

Jism grossed ₹132.5 million (US$1.7 million) which Box Office India called a "hit".^[4] The pattern of victory steadily emerged with Bipasha's fame since then and Jism was declared Sleeper Hit.

Critical response

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, writing "On the whole, JISM exhibits Bipasha Basu's talent and anatomy to its fullest. Coupled with a hot title and eroticism in plenty, the curiosity-value for the film increases manifold. But the subject and its treatment being city-centric, the film will appeal more to the big city audience. The reasonable price at which it is sold at should prove to be advantageous."^[5] Deepa Gumaste of Rediff.com wrote "Director Saxena makes a bold debut with Jism and definitely deserves credit for daring to be different. Jism is a first of its kind theme for Bollywood and, therefore, worth a look."^[6] India Today stated "Pooja Bhatt's film is not original, but it's good fun."^[7]

In 2011, Channel 4 ranked the film No. 92 for its Top 100 sexiest movie scenes poll.^[8]

Awards

Sequel

A sequel titled Jism 2, starring Sunny Leone, Randeep Hooda and Arunoday Singh, directed by Pooja Bhatt was released worldwide on 3 August 2012.^[9]

References

External links

• Jism at
  IMDb