Chandni Bar is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed by Madhur Bhandarkar.

[3] It depicts the gritty life of the Mumbai underworld, including prostitution, dance bars and gun crime.

[4] It also stars Ananya Khare, Rajpal Yadav, Minakshi Sahani and Vishal Thakkar.

After her village is burnt to the ground, she moves to Mumbai with her uncle, the only family member she has left.

One night, after spending time drinking and watching the girls dance at the bar, Mumtaz's uncle rapes her.

Even though they console her, Mumtaz is given a reality check when she realises that many other women at the bar have equally disturbing and painful stories.

Mumtaz leaves the bar, and Pottya rises up the criminal ranks quickly, despite his volatile temper.

Pottya's attitude and temper cause him to prematurely kill a police informant, which results in him losing friends and connections in the criminal world.

A grieving Mumtaz slowly runs out of money and soon realises that Pottya has left behind a large amount of debt.

Atul Kulkarni received a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the Star Screen Awards.