Girlfriend (2004)

A man comes between two lesbian lovers, hence forming a triangle with bleak consequences.

Director:

Karan Razdan

Writer:

Karan Razdan

Stars:

Isha Koppikar, Aashish Chaudhary, Amrita Arora

Cast

Credited cast:
Isha Koppikar	...	Tanya (as Ishaa Koppikar)
Aashish Chaudhary	...	Rahul
Amrita Arora	...	Sapna
Sumit Nijhawan	...	Sameer
Shantanu Chappana	...	Jojo
Vinita Malik	...	Rahul's Mother
Bhupinde Singh	...	Ranjit (as Bhupinde)
Sly Bhunjan	...	Bharadwaj
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kiku Sharda	...	(as Kiku Sharma)

Storyline

'Girlfriend' is a story about two intimate friends Tanya (Isha Koppikar) and Sapna (Amrita Arora) who have always been together since they were in college. Now they live together and each one of them is fond of the other, to that extent that if one does something, the other follows. Sapna meets Rahul (Aashish Choudhary) when Tanya is out of town for some work. Sapna finds herself in a relationship with Rahul and by the time Tanya is back, Sapna has already fallen for Rahul and starts loving him. When Tanya learns of this relationship, she is jealous and reacts very adversely and in her jealousy and possessiveness comes out when she meets Rahul. Now Tanya goes all out to break Sapna's relationship with Rahul and her hidden agenda and desires come to light in the later part of the film.

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Plot Keywords:

lesbian | jealousy | controversy | blood | attempted murder | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [India] (English)

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

17 June 2004 (India)

Filming Locations:

Mauritius

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

126 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first Hindi film to show relationship on lesbians.

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Soundtracks

Bheegi bheegi hain
Composed by Daboo Malik

User Reviews

According to Razdan, Lesbianism Is A Result Of Childhood Sexual Abuse...

Karan Razdan is known for his B-grade films. 'Girlfriend' was one of his attempts to make it into the big league. At that time, skin-show flicks were the trend. If it weren't for the casting of actress Ishaa Koppikar, this would have been just another forgettable B-grader. The direction is sloppy and the writing is pathetic. 'Girlfriend' is offensive to homosexuals and women. The characterization is atrocious. Apparently, according to Razdan, a lesbian is a woman who has been molested as a child and as a result of that, is only sexually attracted to women, and hates anything that has a penis. Continuing by Razdan's logic, a lesbian's girlfriend is pretty much just a pushover repressed woman who sleeps with said lesbian only because she hasn't found the idiot penis who would hit on her with cheesy lines and marry her. Surprise, surprise, the boyfriend turns out to be a neurotic and possessive homophobic git. Oh, and I cannot even find the right words to describe how homosexual men have been portrayed here. The supposed love scene with Koppikar and Arora is so lousily shot that it's laughable rather than erotic. It's funny how the movie tries to make Isha's Tanya the hateful villain but the viewer ends up liking her more than the two other idiots. Special mention goes to the background noise, I mean score, that spoonfeeds the viewer and turns this into a soap opera. Performancewise, only Isha Koppikar stands out as the strong and dominant Tanya while everyone else is ridiculously bad. Not to worry because the badness does inadvertently provide some humour.