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Credits
Producer/s:	Pooja Bhatt
Director:	Amit Saxena
Cast:	Bipasha Basu, John Abraham, Gulshan Grover, Anahita Uberoi, Vinay Pathak
Music:	M.M. Kareem
Lyrics:	Sayeed Quadri & Neelesh Misra

Let's be clear about one thing: Jism is not a flesh fest. If anything - Jism is a daring attempt by writer Mahesh Bhatt, producer Pooja Bhatt, debutant director Amit Saxena and leading lady Bipasha Basu to defy the Bollywood stereotypes and give something new to Hindi movie buffs tired of watching the same clichéd stories on celluloid.

Inspired by Hollywood flick Body Heat (1981) which in turn was inspired by Billy Wilder's 1944 classic Double Indemnity, Jism follows a seductive and dark theme.

Kabir Lal (John Abraham) is handsome lawyer who gets by guzzling gallons of alcohol each day and lamenting rest of the world for his sorry existence. A chance encounter with Sonia Khanna (Bipasha Basu) turns Kabir's world upside down. Sonia is a young, sensuous and dangerously ambitious wife of a middle-aged industrialist Rohit Khanna (Gulshan Grover). Kabir starts pursuing Sonia despite knowing that she is married. Soon they start having an illicit affair that can only last till her husband Rohit (Gulshan Grover) comes back to town. When he does come back, Kabir cannot take the separation or the fact that Sonia isn't willing to leave her husband. The sexual chemistry between the couple intensifies with each encounter and things come to a point where they decide to get rid of Rohit together. What happens next forms the crux of the story.

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