Product Details

• Actors: Mohan Agashe, Gulshan Grover, John Abraham, Udita Goswami
• Directors: Pooja Bhatt
• Format: Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: November 20, 2007
• Run Time: 121 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000UYN9QI
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,602 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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SIN - DVD Movie

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully filmed 'Witness' a la Bollywood. The cover (and even the title- 'Sin") is no guide to the contents, May 19, 2009

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Lyn Taryn "Lyn Taryn" (Melbourne Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sin (DVD)

This is basically the story of 'Witness moved from the Amish community to the mountains of India in Tibetan monastery and Nepalese looking surroundings. The cover would make it look like a skin flick but its nothing like that and the closest touch is a circumspect kiss. The 'sin' is the dilemma in the girls mind as she is being groomed to become a Tibetan nun yet has fantasies of a romance with the hero that are regarded as sin in that context.

The girl (beautifully rendered by newcomer Udita Goswami) is sent on a mission to Delhi to collect a boy who is the reincarnation of the monastery's Lama. When she collects his the boy witnesses a murder which turns out to have been committed by high up police with links to local gangs. A good cop (John Abraham), although shot, escapes with the girl and boy and returns them home. He nearly dies and so is nursed back to health by the girl and the monks. This is then the story of their connection and what happens when the rogue cops track him down.

I though this was beautifully done. The cinematography and location are superb and there is a sensuous feel for the material - which really isn't at all sexual or explicit - despite many of the covers to this DVD and the name 'Sin' (Paap). There is a lot conveyed through sensuousness and nuance. It looks at times at core Buddhist values and the inner battle of the girl and her father to find their way according to those values. I actually thought of 'Samsara' a bit watching this one (though that was much more explicit). So it actually had a bit more depth than 'Witness' did.

There is some haunting music but no song and dance in this Bollywood. It is one of the best things I've see John Abraham do. He was just very good and showed a lot more diversity and subtlety in his acting than the more frozen version he did seem to do in some other movies (though I see this shifting more recently). The monks and the girl's father (Mohan Agashe) are also very good.

For me this is quite an underrated movie. It tends to score average but I'd put it above that. Its cinematography is superb, acting good and the 'Witness' plot is still a good one in the meeting of worlds and how both are changed in the process. The extra depth with the girl's inner conflict over her Buddhist ideals is also added depth. Definitely a keeper for me.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars False Witness?, May 10, 2009

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wiredweird "wiredweird" (Earth, or somewhere nearby) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sin (DVD)

An attractive young woman and small boy are waiting for their transportation, taking the boy back to her religious colony. He witnesses a brutal murder in a restroom. As the only witness, the boy comes under police protection, and that means the woman who cares for him as well. Despite her protestation that affairs of the outer world are not their affairs, they become part of the investigation. Then investigation reveals that the victim was a police officer - and that the killers were, too. The good cop takes woman and child on the run, back to the religious colony. It turns out that his worldly ways and especially his police-issue weapon are not welcome there, although he tries to fit in with the group's communal life. It also turns out that a romance emerges, not wholly welcome, between the woman and good cop. Then the bad guys find out where they're hiding ...

That describe Harrison Ford's 1985 movie Witness as well as it describes this Bollywood flick. Similarities go on - remember the grain silo? Check. And the "he's from Ohio" event? Check. Oh, there are differences. For Amish, substitute Bhuddist. The romance differs slightly, as well, and Kaaya wears much more colorful and attractive clothing than Rachel ever would - including that bathing suit. That's about it.

It's fair entertainment and an interesting study in cross-cultural movie remakes. Don't go too far out of your way hunting it down, though.

-- wiredweird