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PHAANS: Ek Jasoos Ki Kahani
(2010) is a low budget Indian Hindi film, the directorial debut of
Avinash Chitransh. The lead roles are played by newcomers hero Karan
Malhotra and heroine Shiva Munjal, with veteran 1970s heroine Vidya
Sinha and hero Raza Murad in supporting roles. Music is composed by
Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen and the producer Jawahar Lal
Jairat says this is a one-of-a-kind Hindi movie. The film is shot in
Mumbai and Delhi, with Delhi's famous and bustling Azad Market pictured
as Lahore, and the banks of Yamuna river pictured as Wagah border. Read the excellent review by S M Aamir in The Hindu online here >
Vidya Sinha debuted in Bollywood in 1974 with a bang with Basu Chatterjee's classic Rajnigandha [BUY Hindi Movie DVD] co-starring Amol Palekar, Dinesh Thakur, Ranjita Thakur and others, featuring music direction by Salil Choudhury. She subsequently appeared in more Basu Chatterjee classics like Choti Si Baat (1975) [DVD] with Amol
Palekar, Ashok Kumar, Asrani, Rajan Haksar, Noni Ganguly, Nandita
Thakur, C S Dubey, Komilla Wirk, Ashim Kumar, Farooque Shorty; Jeena Yahan (1979) [DVD] with Shekhar Kapur, Shabana Azmi, Dina Pathak, Kiran Vairale, Amol Palekar, Zarina Wahab and others. She also played an important role in Rajendra Kumar's 1981 blockbuster Love Story [Buy DVD online] co-starring
Kumar Gaurav, Vijeta Pandit, Danny Denzongpa, Rajendra Kumar, Amjad
Khan, Bharat Kapoor, Aruna Irani, Dev Kumar and others.