Sins (film)

Sins is a 2005 English-language Indian drama film directed and produced by Vinod Pande. It stars Shiney Ahuja and Seema Rahmani. The film is based on a news story that Pande read in 1988 about a Kerala priest sentenced to death on sexual harassment and murder charges. The film depicts the unconventional passionate affair of a young girl with an older priest. Deciding to keep their love story confidential, things take such a twist that their love story takes a perpetual transformation into a story marked by jealousy, hatred, and treachery.

The film has a few controversial topless scenes, as a result of which it received an A certificate from the censor board of India. The film depicting a Catholic priest romantically involved with a young woman, was protested against by those that felt it was a negative portrayal of Catholicism and indecent. Catholic Secular Forum filed a public interest litigation to stall its release but court cleared the film. Released on 25 February 2005 on 50 screens, the film was commercially unsuccessful.

The film is based on a news story that Pande read in 1988 about a priest sentenced to death on sexual harassment and murder charges.

Cast

 * Shiney Ahuja as Father William
 * Seema Rahmani as Rosemary
 * Nitesh Pande as Graham
 * Uttara Baokar as Mrs Fernandes
 * Shashank Shekhar Mahakul as Joe, Rosie's brother
 * Rishi Khurana as Joseph
 * Dadhi Pande as John
 * Vivek Mishra as Dean
 * Madhavi Chopra as Rajni
 * Mohit Nilekani as Kailash
 * Shanu Dev as Police Inspector
 * Vivek Rawat as Ismail
 * Gauri Shankar as Ray
 * Navin Kumar as Sam
 * Manoj Bhaskar as Bhaskar
 * Aditi Sengupta as Shashi
 * Ashutosh Pathak as Postman
 * Ray Mathew as Auto driver
 * Krishna Upadhyay as vegetable vendor
 * Rajat Nath as Bishop
 * Bikramjeet as Bishop's assistant
 * Kamal Adib as Judge
 * Sunil Kumar as William's servant
 * Rajesh Mishra as Julian