Ten stories) is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language anthology film featuring ten different stories directed by a host of six directors: Sanjay Gupta, Apoorva Lakhia, Meghna Gulzar, Rohit Roy, Hansal Mehta and Jasmeet Dhodhi.
The film features an ensemble cast comprising Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty, Nana Patekar, Naseeruddin Shah, Manoj Bajpayee, Arbaaz Khan, Jimmy Sheirgill, Amrita Singh, Minissha Lamba, Sudhanshu Pandey, Anupam Kher, Aftab Shivdasani, Diya Mirza, Mandira Bedi, Mahesh Manjrekar, Neha Dhupia, Shabana Azmi, Masumeh Makhija, Rohit Roy, Anita Hassanandani, Anuradha Patel, Dino Morea, Tarina Patel, Neha Oberoi, Parmeet Sethi and Anup Soni.
Dealing with themes of lust, infidelity, the religious divide, crime, punishment and the power of love,[2] Dus Kahaniyaan was released theatrically on 7 December 2007 and flopped at the box office.
Crew Arbaaz Khan, Mandira Bedi, and Sudhanshu Pandey Synopsis 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.
Crew Synopsis 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.
Kaamna is rescued by cops but Kabir feels responsible for her kidnapping and slashes his wrists.
Crew Synopsis 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.
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.
One night when Saahil was with his friends and visiting many bars in the town to console himself he sees Sia.
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.
Anya, wanting to return the earring alights and follows the road to a house where Aman is painting.
Crew Synopsis Inspired by Japanese manga Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba Dino finds a book on the beach and picks it up.
When he is about to open her dress she tells that she will be back within two minutes with more provocative clothing and surprises which he would love taking off.
When he leans down to examine her closely she opens her eyes and he understands that she was actually a soul whose wishes had been left unfulfilled and chases him to the beach.
She goes to a canteen and orders the cheapest meal, a plate of rice with the change she has and leaves her table to wash her hand.
Then she realizes that the Muslim man never stole her rice plate, he was, in fact, eating out of his own one, and yet he did not yell at her when she snatched it from him and spoke rudely to him.
Crew Synopsis Simran and her husband are newlyweds on a bus who start a small quarrel.
Crew Synopsis The story begins with Nawab Affi telling Baba Hyderabadi that someone is going to kill him.
[5] Times of India gave the film 3.5 stars out of 5, remarking that almost all the stories were deftly told, with the mandatory twist in the climax which kept the viewer riveted.
[6] Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama gave the film 3 stars out of 5, praising most of the stories, but was unimpressed with the High On The Highway and Rise & Fall segments.
[7] Elvis Dsilva from Rediff.com gave the movie 2.5 stars out of 5 and was similarly unimpressed with High On The Highway, while feeling the Rise & Fall story brought the film to an "appropriately flashy close.