Page 3
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Madhur Bhandarkar
Produced by	Baldev Pushkarna Bobby Pushkarna
Screenplay by	Manoj Tyagi Nina Arora
Starring	Konkona Sen Sharma Atul Kulkarni Boman Irani
Music by	Shamir Tandon
Cinematography	Madhu Rao
Editing by	Suresh Pai
Distributed by	Light House Films Pvt. Ltd. Sahara One
Release date(s)	January 21, 2005
Running time	139 min.
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Page 3 is a 2005 Indian film directed by Madhur Bhandarkar about the Page 3 Culture and media in the city of Mumbai. It stars Konkona Sen Sharma, Atul Kulkarni, Sandhya Mridul, Tara Sharma, Anju Mahendru, and Boman Irani. The film won three National Film Awards, including the Golden Lotus Award for Best Film.

Plot[link]

Madhavi Sharma (Konkona Sen Sharma) arrives in Mumbai and soon lands a journalist job. Her boss Deepak Suri (Boman Irani) gives her the task of reporting celebrity news. She begins her journey in the glitzy and glamorous world of celebrity lifestyle working on Page 3.

Her roommate Pearl Sequiera (Sandhya Mridul) is an air hostess and wants to marry for money. Gayatri Sachdeva (Tara Sharma) later joins them. She is an aspiring actress and gets involved with a leading actor Rohit Kumar (Bikram Saluja). When she tells him she is pregnant he suggests she have an abortion. Depressed and shattered, she unsuccessfully tries to commit suicide and in the process loses her unborn child. Meanwhile, Pearl marries a wealthy old man and moves to the United States. Madhavi plans to expose Rohit (by writing an article on his relationship with Gayatri), but her editor kills the article and she is forced to apologise to Rohit.

Madhavi finds out that her boyfriend is gay when she finds him in bed with her best friend Abhijeet (Rehaan Engineer).

As soon as Madhavi begins to get disillusioned with her job, she declares that “the party is over” for her. She soon realises that the glamorous world of celebrity life is not as glamorous as it seems. Gayatri, who supposedly returned to Delhi, sleeps with a director and gets cast in a movie.

Cast[link]

• Konkona Sen Sharma ... Madhvi Sharma
• Atul Kulkarni ... Vinayak Mane
• Sandhya Mridul ... Pearl Sequiera
• Tara Sharma ... Gayatri Sachdeva
• Anju Mahendru...Ritu Bajaj
• Boman Irani ... Deepak Suri
• Bikram Saluja ... Rohit Kumar
• Nasser Abdullah...Romesh Thapar
• Rehaan Engineer...Abhijeet Patnaik
• Soni Razdan... Anjali Thapar
• Kunika... Party Freak
• Kurush Deboo... Hiren Sanghvi
• Madan Jain...ACP Yadav
• Bobby Darling... Zulfi Khan
• Manoj Joshi ... Bosco
• Suhasini Mulay... Partima Bharve
• Maya Alagh... Pushpa Bhargav
• Upendra Limaye... Inspector Arun Bhonsle
• Dolly Thakore... Publisher's Wife
• Yusuf Hasan... Publisher
• Suchitra Pillai...Page 3 Socialite
• Navni Parihar...Sheetal
• Kishen Mulchandani...Page 3 Socialite
• Mukesh Tyagi...Politician
• Jay Kalra...Tarun
• Pradeep Velankar...Film Maker Charu Mohanty
• Parmeeta...Dancer (in the song Kuwa Maa)

Awards[link]

The film has won the following awards since its release:

2005 National Film Awards (India)

• Golden Lotus Award - Best Film - Bobby Pushkarna
• Silver Lotus Award - Best Screenplay - Nina Arora, Manoj Tyagi
• Silver Lotus Award - Best Editing - Suresh Pai

2005 Zee Cine Awards (India)

• Best Female Debut - Konkona Sen Sharma

Nominations[link]

• Filmfare Award for Best Film - Madhur Bhandarkar
• Filmfare Award for Best Director - Madhur Bhandarkar
• Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Konkona Sen Sharma
• Filmfare Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Sandhya Mridul

Death of Amit Ralli[link]

During principal photography, lead actor Amit Ralli died suddenly from jaundice due to hepatitis C.^[1] He was 26 at the time.

See also[link]

• Page 3 Culture

References[link]

External links[link]

• Page 3 at the Internet Movie Database

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