Laaga Chunari Mein Daag

Laaga Chunari Mein Daag
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Pradeep Sarkar
Produced by	Aditya Chopra
Screenplay by	Rekha Nigam
Story by	Aditya Chopra
Starring	Rani Mukerji Jaya Bachchan Konkona Sen Sharma Abhishek Bachchan Kunal Kapoor
Narrated by	Rani Mukerji
Music by	Shantanu Moitra
Cinematography	Sushil Rajpal
Edited by	Kaushik Das
Distributed by	Yash Raj Films
Release date	12 October 2007 (2007-10-12)
Running time	137 mins
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹150 million (US$2.2 million)(approx.)
Box office	₹575 million (US$8.5 million) (Total Worldwide Collection until close date at 4 weeks)

Laaga Chunari Mein Daag – Journey Of A Woman (Hindi: लागा चुनरी में दाग, Urdu: لاگا چنری میں داغ‎, English: My Veil is Stained) is a 2007 Indian drama film directed by Pradeep Sarkar and starring Rani Mukerji, Jaya Bachchan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Kunal Kapoor and Anupam Kher with special appearances by Abhishek Bachchan and Hema Malini. Produced by Aditya Chopra it premiered on 12 October 2007. The film was the first directed by Sarkar under the Yash Raj Films banner.

Vibhavari, affectionately called Badki (Rani Mukerji), and Shubhavari, affectionately called Chutki (Konkona Sen Sharma) are the daughters of Shivshankar Sahay (Anupam Kher) and Savitri (Jaya Bachchan). They live together on the banks of the Ganges in Banaras. Life is full of happiness and joy for the two, though the family is relatively poor. Badki especially is protective of her family and is determined to ensure Chutki completes her education.

As things go from bad to worse when her father becomes ill, Badki goes to Mumbai to find work. She is unable to find a job as she has not completed 12th standard. Her so called boss tells her that if she sleeps with him he will give her the job. The next day he declines what he had promised but pays her the money. After encountering many obstacles and feeling desperate and out of options, she is forced to become the exclusive call girl "Natasha". Misleading her family – telling them she is an event planner – and sending them money for her father's medicines. Badki learns to speak English and learns how to dress up in a modern way. She hides her secret to keep the family home from being foreclosed on. Chutki completes her MBA securing 1st rank and, unannounced, comes to live with Badki in Mumbai. The younger sister becomes a trainee at the Matrix Advertising agency, and falls in love with her boss, creative director Vivaan (Kunal Kapoor). Badki finds love in attorney Rohan (Abhishek Bachchan) but leaves him, afraid that he would be disgusted by her profession. Chutki inadvertently discovers what Badki does for a living and is disgusted by this turn of events.