Sins (film)

2005 Indian film

Sins

Directed by| Vinod Pande
Produced by| Vinod Pande
Starring|

* Shiney Ahuja
* Seema Rahmani
* Vinod Pande

Music by| Sanjoy Chowdhury (Background Score)
Distributed by| Yash Raj Films

Release date

* 25 February 2005 (2005-02-25) (India)

Running time

| 134 minutes[1]
Country| India
Language| English[2]

Sins is a 2005 English-language Indian drama film directed and produced by Vinod Pande. It stars Shiney Ahuja and Seema Rahmani. The film is based on a news story that Pande read in 1988 about a Kerala priest sentenced to death on sexual harassment and murder charges.[3] The film depicts the unconventional passionate affair of a young girl with an older priest. Deciding to keep their love story confidential, things take such a twist that their love story takes a perpetual transformation into a story marked by jealousy, hatred, and treachery.

The film has a few controversial topless scenes, as a result of which it received an A certificate from the censor board of India. The film depicting a Catholic priest romantically involved with a young woman, was protested against by those that felt it was a negative portrayal of Catholicism and indecent. Catholic Secular Forum filed a public interest litigation to stall its release but court cleared the film.[4][5] Released on 25 February 2005 on 50 screens, the film was commercially unsuccessful.[6]

The film is based on a news story that Pande read in 1988 about a priest sentenced to death on sexual harassment and murder charges.[7]

## Cast

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* Shiney Ahuja as Father William
* Seema Rahmani as Rosemary
* Nitesh Pande as Graham
* Uttara Baokar as Mrs Fernandes
* Shashank Shekhar Mahakul as Joe, Rosie's brother
* Rishi Khurana as Joseph
* Dadhi Pande as John
* Vivek Mishra as Dean
* Madhavi Chopra as Rajni
* Mohit Nilekani as Kailash
* Shanu Dev as Police Inspector
* Vivek Rawat as Ismail
* Gauri Shankar as Ray
* Navin Kumar as Sam
* Manoj Bhaskar as Bhaskar
* Aditi Sengupta as Shashi
* Ashutosh Pathak as Postman
* Ray Mathew as Auto driver
* Krishna Upadhyay as vegetable vendor
* Rajat Nath as Bishop
* Bikramjeet as Bishop's assistant
* Kamal Adib as Judge
* Sunil Kumar as William's servant
* Rajesh Mishra as Julian

## See also

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* The Crime of Padre Amaro, a controversial Mexican-Spanish film with a similar theme.

## References

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1. ^ "Sins (An Amoral Communion)". British Board of Film Classification.
2. ^ "Sins – CBFC". Central Board of Film Certification. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
3. ^ "Sins: 'Very tragic, sensitive story' (Interview with Vinod Pande)". Rediff. 22 February 2005. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
4. ^ Anuj Kumar (28 February 2005). "Salvation after sins". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 21 January 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
5. ^ "Church anger over Bollywood film". BBC News. 21 February 2005. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
6. ^ "Sins – Movie". Box Office India.
7. ^ "Sins: 'Very tragic, sensitive story' (Interview with Vinod Pande)". Rediff. 22 February 2005. Retrieved 25 July 2015.

## External links

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* Sins at IMDb