Dus Kahaniyaan (2007)

Dus Kahaniyaan
DirectorApoorva Lakhia, Hansal Mehta, Jasmeet Dhodhi, Meghna Gulzar, Rohit Roy, Ronit Roy, Sanjay Gupta, Sanjay Gupta
Genreaction film
CountryIndia
Budget₹21 crore
Box office₹13 crore

Plot

The bored wife of an MNC vice president Rahul Sarin, Pooja, has an extramarital affair with Aditya Singh, 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 jeweller 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".

Two college graduates, Kaamna and Kabir 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 Kaamna. They succeed in spite of Kabir putting up a fight. Kaamna is rescued by cops but Kabir feels responsible for her kidnapping and slashes his wrists. He dies leaving Kaamna crying by his bed.

Mala's daughter Mini has just been engaged and her father is out on business once again leaving the ladies alone. Mala has led a loveless life and on this particular day her daughter adorns her mother with a colourful dupatta (veil) and comments on how pretty she looks. Mala 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, Mini 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.

Mahesh and Neha are husband and wife. They have the habit of discussing past distractions in their relationship. They do it on their every anniversary. Mahesh forces Neha to tell about her experience. She starts discussing how she once passionately kissed the guy's hand. She also describes how she was taken in a railway station's waiting room in a dark night. She tells that she would have done anything but did not do. Her husband becomes envious. Neha unravels the twist in the story. She ultimately reveals that she actually kisses his hand and hugs him to save a child. The child was being attacked by religious riots. And as the rioters cast and Neha's caste was same, that person did not attack her and by that time that child escaped. The love scenes were actually a part of their action.

Saahil comes to stay in an apartment of one of his friends somewhere in Versova. He comes there after he gets a rejection from his girlfriend. There he finds Sia sharing an apartment in the same floor as him. They eventually become good friends. Saahil wants to go deep in the relationship but cannot do so because of Sia rejecting him. Saahil however still falls in love with Sia. One night when Saahil was with his friends and visiting many bars in the town to console himself he sees Sia. She is a dancer in a dance bar. After coming home, he goes to her apartment and confronts her and despite her attempts to explain the truth to him an intoxicated Saahil rapes her despite her pleas to stop him. The next day he wakes up and Sia has already left, however he finds a note from her. In this letter she had written that she has AIDS and that was the reason of her rejection of Saahil's love which was based on consideration for his health and wellbeing not his belief that she had intentionally rejected him. This story is told by Saahil where he reveals that Sia has died two years ago and a remorseful Saahil is waiting for his death.

Anya meets a lady on the train on her way home, where she was getting engaged. The lady gives her an earring and vanishes at Lovedale railway station. Anya, wanting to return the earring alights and follows the road to a house where Aman is painting. They become acquainted. Aman attends Anya's engagement and feels hurt. Anya is also unhappy and her father questions her doubt. Anya tells him about Aman and her father tells her his flashback about how he met a lady on the train to whom he had given one earring before the train left the station. Anya and her father compare the earrings and decide that her meeting Aman was no coincidence and she breaks the engagement to join Aman. However, the story unfolds with a vicious climax. Aman notices the earrings that Anya was wearing and, on questioning, he is informed that it was the earring that was given to her by the lady in the train. Aman shows her a picture of the lady: his mother who died 10 years ago.

Dino finds a book on the beach and picks it up. The title of the book is 'Death'. He writes his name and date of birth as instructed and starts to read the book. A seductress steps out of a jet ski and sits down next to him. Wearing a golden bikini she invites him for dinner at 7 pm.

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