Ek Chhotisi Love Story

Ek Chotisi Love Story
Ek Chotisi Love Story
	Film poster
Directed by	Shashilal K. Nair
Starring	Manisha Koirala; Aditya Seal
Cinematography	Muraleedharan C.K.
Release date	13 September 2002;
Running time	129 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Ek Chotisi Love Story (English: One Small Love Story) is a 2002 Indian romantic film directed by Shashilal K. Nair. The film is an adaptation of Krzysztof Kieślowski's A Short Film About Love (Krótki film o miłości 1988). The movie generated a strong response at the box office.^[1] It was declared a "hit".^[2]

Plot

It is a story of 15-year-old Aditya (Aditya Seal) and his voyeuristic love of his nameless neighbor (Manisha Koirala) featuring bathroom masturbation scenes; which are virtually unseen in Bollywood. Soon Aditya's hobby turns into infatuation as he begins to follow her movements closely. He feels sexually drawn towards her when he sees her coming out of her bath, her hair dripping wet. He feels jealous when he catches her making love with her boyfriend (Ranvir Shorey).

Manisha is unaware of her secret admirer. When the boy musters up the courage and speaks his heart to her, she takes it in her stride and gives him a little teaser on adolescent love.

Cast

Manisha Koirala
Aditya Seal as Aditya
Ranvir Shorey
Saroj Bhargava as Aditya's grandmother

Release

Prior to the film's release, Koirala obtained a court order to stay the release of the film pending deletion of some shots she found to be objectionable. She claimed that she had been impersonated by a body double in some shots.^[3]^{[needs update]}