Ek Hasina Thi (English: There Was A Beautiful Woman) is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir romantic thriller film directed by Sriram Raghavan and produced by Ram Gopal Varma.

It stars Urmila Matondkar and Saif Ali Khan, and the screenplay was written by Sriram Raghavan and Pooja Ladha Surti.

[4] Critic Ronjita Kulkarni said it's "loosely based" on Double Jeopardy, while "the film also adapts a scene from The Bone Collector.

[6] Although a commercial failure upon its release,[3] the film is considered one of the best works of Matondkar, Khan and Raghavan.

She meets Karan and initially resists his romantic advances, but the two eventually sleep together and begin a relationship.

Karan asks her to speak to his lawyer, Kamlesh Mathur, and not to mention his name anywhere in this investigation as that could damage his reputation in his business.

After losing the initial hearing and being denied bail, the attorney advises her to confess to the crime, convincing her that since she has no criminal record and no prior convictions, the judge will release her.

Sarika finds Mathur and kills him after learning Karan's whereabouts, working for a gangster in Delhi.

Realizing she has framed him after ACP Malti's questioning, Karan confronts and assaults Sarika, who tells him she has burned the money.

Karan briefly escapes before Sarika catches him, holds him at gunpoint, and makes him drive to a secluded spot.

As Karan regains consciousness, Sarika tells him how she used to be scared of rats, and she chose this spot because she wanted him to go through the pain and suffering that she went through while she was in prison.

The first song 'Neend Na Aaye' that plays at the beginning of the film has been sung by Pandit Jasraj.

[11] Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM gave the film a 3 out of 5, writing, "On the whole, EK HASINA THI, in the spirit of RGV's other movies, has some fresh things to say about love, passion, deceit and destiny".