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Aasha Rani, Bombay’s number-one heroine, has everything she wants - fame, money, success. All except for Akshay Arora, the film star with whom she is desperately in love. This is her story - from her days as a vulnerable small-town girl, pushed by her ambitious mother into sleeping her way to the top, to getting her first break from Kishenbhai, the small-time distributor who never stops loving her, to sealing her career under the patronage of the deadly Bombay don Sheth Amirchand.  

Maya is pretty, young, and eager to escape her middle-class home. Ranjan is handsome, driven, well-born, and wealthy. Their arranged marriage seems a match made in heaven until Maya discovers that underneath her husband’s charming facade lies a cold-hearted, rigidly conservative monster. As the young woman struggles with her marriage, she meets and finds solace in Nikhil, her charming college-going neighbor. Soon, the stage is set for an explosive tale of love and betrayal.

 Strange Obsession is the story of the gorgeous young supermodel Amrita Aggarwal. Within months of her arrival in Bombay, she is the envy of its beautiful people. Then, one day, she attracts the attentions of a mysterious woman called Minx. As the months pass and the demands of her unwelcome suitor grow, Amrita's life turns nightmarish....  

As the wine and conversation begin to flow at a reunion between six women who were friends at school, memories start to surface - some happy, others bittersweet, and a few that are downright poisonous.... Forced to confront dark secrets they thought lay buried deep in the past, the women begin to turn against one another, and the mood of the party turns nightmarish....