Product Details

• Actors: Kareena kapoor &others
• Format: Dolby, NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Various studio
• DVD Release Date: July 5, 2007
• Run Time: 108 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B0016GOLD4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #258,939 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A different kind of love story, May 24, 2011

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This review is from: Chameli (DVD)

Chameli was a very interesting story. I give it a 3.8 out of five stars, simply because the movie goes from conversations to chases through the streets and crime very quickly, giving it a disjointed feel. The title character is a prostitute who meets a wealthy businessman, Aman (the protagonist), one night when his car breaks down in the red light district. It is about their conversations, personal stories and problems, as well as living life despite the bad things that happen. Aman see's her gritty world, as well as the complicated and dangerous aspects of her life that are more of a grey area than a clear cut good or bad (especially the relationship she has with her pimp, and the life she lives as a prostitute.
Chameli tells Aman that "there should at least be love," and this outlook plays into the movie quite a bit.

It is very different from most Hindi cinema, it only has three or four songs, and only one is a major performance. Its very serious and addresses both prostitution, the death of a loved one and what you do when life really does seem to be to painful to deal with. Aman becomes a changed man because of his experiences with Chameli and does start to love again, a point left open to the viewer at the end of the film. Definately worth the watch and the DVD has good quality sound and picture (as well as a song selection menu).