Utsav to Wajah Tum Ho: When Bollywood cashed in on carnal desires

Vishal Pandya’s erotic thriller Wajah Tum Ho is all set to hit the screens this Friday. It features Sana Khan, Gurmeet Choudhary and Sharman Joshi in the lead roles.

Updated on: Dec 15, 2016 4:54 PM IST

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Vishal Pandya’s erotic thriller Wajah Tum Ho is all set to hit the screens this Friday. It features Sana Khan, Gurmeet Choudhary and Sharman Joshi in the lead roles.

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Directed by Girish Karnad, Utsav featured Rekha as Vasantsena. This 1984 film was way ahead of its time.

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Mira Nair’s Kama Sutra: A Tale Of Love immediately caught everybody’s attention in the west. It was a fantastic take on India’s ancient philosophy on the subject of sex.

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Later, the Mahesh Bhatt camp revived the trend of erotica in Bollywood with 2003 film Jism.

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Mallika Sherawat and Emraan Hashmi refined the genre with 2004 blockbuster Murder.

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Now, it has become a constant feature in Bollywood. Films like Hate Story 3 are taking the genre forward.

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Love Games (2016) also cashed in on the idea of femme fatale in an erotica.

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Actors like Sunny Leone have created a niche for herself through such films. This is a still from Jism 2.