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{{Infobox film
| name = The Desire: A Journey of a Woman
| image = Thedesire1.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[R. Sarath]]
| producer = Sunanda Shetty<ref name="Movie Talkies">{{cite web|url=http://www.movietalkies.com/news/12391/shilpa-shetty's-indo-chinese-flick-still-'desires'-a-distributor|title=Shilpa Shetty's Indo-Chinese Flick Still 'Desires' A Distributor - Bollywood News|publisher=Movie Talkies|date=17 March 2012|accessdate=8 August 2014}}</ref>
| writer = [[R. Sarath]] '''Dialogue''': Amitabh Varma
| starring = [[Shilpa Shetty]] [[Xia Yu (actor)|Xia Yu]] [[Jaya Prada]] [[Anupam Kher]] [[Sheetal Menon]] Nakul Vaid [[Sachin Khedekar]]
| music = [[Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy]] [[Vishwa Mohan Bhatt]] [[Priyanka Pripri]]
| cinematography = Sajjan Kalathil
| editing = [[Beena Paul]]
| distributor = C-9 Motion Pictures Indish Creations
| released = 2010 (film festivals) 2012<ref name="TOI">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Shilpa-Shettys-desire-to-hit-the-screens/articleshow/14821000.cms|title=Shilpa Shetty's desire to hit the screens - The Times of India|publisher=[[The Times Group]]|accessdate=8 August 2014}}</ref>
| runtime = 96 minutes
| country = India
| language = [[English language|English]] [[Hindi language|Hindi]] [[Cantonese]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''The Desire: A Journey of a Woman''''' is a 2010 [[India|Indo]]-[[China|Chinese]] feature film, directed by [[R. Sarath]]. Starring [[Shilpa Shetty]] in the lead role, the film also stars Chinese actor [[Xia Yu (actor)|Xia Yu]] along with Indian actors and actresses [[Jaya Prada]], [[Anupam Kher]], [[Sheetal Menon]] and [[Sachin Khedekar]]. The film began shooting in January 2009 and was expected for a public release in mid-2009 but was not released due to production problems,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=RSSFeed-Cinema&id=7a283f27-2312-4193-9d72-43cf83ef6f62&Headline=Shilpa+Shetty+to+star+in+India-China+flick+EMThe+Desire%2fEM|title=Shilpa Shetty to star in India-China flick The Desire|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|accessdate=2009-03-25}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> including the original producer leaving midway through shooting, only to be replaced by Shetty's mother, Sunanda.<ref name="Movie Talkies"/> It was subsequently screened at film festivals worldwide and set for release in India and China in August 2012,<ref name="TOI"/> but was still listed as forthcoming as late as September 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/shilpa-on-a-new-journey/article3887274.ece|title=Shilpa on a new journey - The Hindu|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=12 September 2012|accessdate=8 August 2014}}</ref> The movie was shot in [[Kerala]], [[Ahmedabad]], [[Nasik]], [[Mumbai]], [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] and [[Malaysia]].<ref name="Geneva">[https://web.archive.org/web/20121109053759/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2011/04/22/stories/2011042251160200.htm "The Desire makes waves"]. ''The Hindu''. Retrieved 2011-04-25.</ref>

''The Desire'' is a film about "dance, music, art, culture and emotions". It tells the journey of an [[Indian classical dancer]], Goutami, and the love story between her and a Chinese [[artist]], Jai Leang, whom she meets during a travel assignment.

==Cast==
* [[Shilpa Shetty]] as Goutami
* [[Xia Yu (actor)|Xia Yu]] as Jai Leang
* [[Jaya Prada]] as Goutami's mother
* [[Anupam Kher]]
* [[Sheetal Menon]]
* [[Nakul Vaid]]
* [[Vikram Gokhale]]
* [[Aasif Sheikh]]
* Vinayak Vinod as Musui
* [[Priyanka Pripri]] as Priyanka Pripri

==Crew==
* '''Producer''': Sunanda Shetty
* '''Director''': R. Sarath
* '''Screenplay''': R. Sarath
* '''Story''': R. Sarath
* '''Dialogue''': Amitabh Varma
* '''Cinematography''': Sajjan Kalathil
* '''Music''': [[Vishwa Mohan Bhatt]] (background score), [[Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy]] (soundtrack), [[Priyanka Pripri]] (Songs)
* '''Head of production''': Shashi Dubey
* '''Costume designer''': Neeta Lulla<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/cast/14044/index.html |title=The Desire: Complete Cast and crew details |publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |accessdate=2009-03-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090316043730/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/cast/14044/index.html |archivedate=16 March 2009 }}</ref>

==Music==
[[A. R. Rahman]] was approached to compose the music for the film but he declined, citing a busy schedule.<ref>http://entertainment.oneindia.in/malayalam/top-stories/2009/the-desire-shilpa-shetty-hair-170109.html</ref> The soundtrack was then scored by the acclaimed composer trio [[Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy]], whilst the background score was composed by [[Vishwa Mohan Bhatt]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Dasgupta|first=Priyanka|title=Team Rajasthan overlooked my potential|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/music/news-and-interviews/Team-Rajasthan-overlooked-my-potential/articleshow/7942258.cms|newspaper=The Times of India|date=11 April 2011}}</ref> To give an [[Odissi]] touch to the film, a devotional song of Lord [[Jagannath]], an integral part of the dance form, was included during the dance. The film has two classical songs, a Sanskrit [[Shloka|sloka]] by eminent Poet Pdt. [[Manmohan Acharya]] and an [[Odia language|Odia]] song taken from Padyaballi, written by Gopalkrushna Patnaik. Two more tracks were added by international new age singer-songwriter and composer Priyanka Pripri from [[Sydney]], Australia to add a fusion of Indian and Chinese music.<ref>http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/priyanka-pripri-to-help-launch-parramasala-festival-with-a-bollywood-bang-20141016-116r7f.html</ref>

==Honours==
* Best Narrative Feature Film at the 2011 Geneva International Film Festival<ref name="Geneva"/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm7ocS2R_CY Official trailer] at [[YouTube]]
* {{IMDb title|1776994}}

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[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by R. Sarath]]
[[Category:Indian LGBT-related films]]

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