Dus Kahaniyaan
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Official poster of Dus Kahaniyaan
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| Directed by |
Sanjay Gupta Apoorva Lakhia Meghna Gulzar Rohit Roy Hansal Mehta Jasmeet Dhodhi |
| Produced by | Sanjay Gupta |
| Starring |
Diya Mirza Sunil Shetty Arbaaz Khan Jimmy Shergill Amrita Singh Nana Patekar Minnisha Lamba Sudhanshu Pandey Anupam Kher Aftab Shivdasani Naseeruddin Shah Sanjay Dutt Manoj Bajpayee |
| Distributed by | White Feather Films |
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114 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹200 million (US$3.0 million) |
| Box office | ₹350 million (US$5.2 million) |
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| Released | 1 November 2007 |
| Genre | Film soundtrack |
| Label | White Feather Films |
Dus Kahaniyaan (English: Ten Tales) is a 2007 anthology Indian film comprising ten short films telling ten different stories which are directed by a host of six directors. Some of the stories have twisted ending and bring supernatural elements and have similarities with other supernatural series like Tales from the Crypt. The film was declared an above average grosser at the box office. The film is inspired from the Hollywood movie The Ten.
The plot is divided into ten stories
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The bored wife of an MNC vice president (Arbaaz), Mandira, has an extramarital affair with an army officer she met on a chatroom. She meets him every Thursday on the pretext of visiting her aunt. At home she is a doting and dutiful wife. She describes her affair as not only for sex but also for genuine love and consideration. As it turns out, her lover has to report to his post and gives her a beautiful diamond necklace. She loves it but is hesitant to take it. When the officer insists, she devises a plan. She goes to a jeweler and hands over the necklace with an arrangement that she be given a coupon, which under the pretext of a lucky draw and she'd be given her necklace. The next morning, her husband goes to collect the "prize". He calls her from his office and asks her to come over to see what she has got. She goes with great enthusiasm, but to her utter dismay finds a small diamond ring. She comes out of his cabin and tries to call the jeweler. Her cell phone does not get reception, so she turns to her husband's secretary and asks her to dial the number, only to spot the necklace on the secretary. The secretary mentions that it is from her "boyfriend" revealing that her husband is also having an affair with his secretary however since she cannot confront him without revealing her own affair she is "hoisted with her own petard".
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Two college graduates who are in love with each other have a habit of getting high and taking a walk along the highway. On the night after their graduation when they are walking down the road a bunch of goons try to kidnap Masumeh and succeed in spite of Jimmy putting up a fight. Masumeh gets helped by the cops but Jimmy feeling responsible, slashes his wrists and dies. Masumi cries by his bed.
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Amrita's daughter Minisha has just been engaged and her father is out on business once again leaving the ladies alone. Amrita has led a loveless life and on this particular day her daughter adorns her mother with a colourful dupatta and comments on how pretty she looks. Amrita realises that it is the night of full moon, and her lover promised her long ago that he would be waiting outside the door every full moon night. For once she decides to open it and let her desire take over her. After spending the night with him in the fields she returns home in the morning; many villagers notice the colourful dupatta on her head and mistake her for her daughter. When the villagers come to break the marriage describing the incident, Minisha learns that it was her mother who went to meet the man. She cannot recite what has happened, as it would defame her mother, but she in unable to bear the taunts of the villagers and thus she commits suicide by jumping into the well.
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