een out to a movie theatre lately? Chances are you may have viewed the two-minute promotional thriller, Paap Ka Anth, from ZEE Cinema starring Vijay Raaz (of Raghu Romeo and Monsoon Wedding fame). The promo is currently playing in 76 theatres across 40 cities and will be on till January 10, 2005.

The story is on the lines of Phoolan Devi�s life but the look is pure Sholay. Paap Ka Anth is the story of a village girl, Champakali, who is kidnapped by a dacoit, grows up in a world of crime, and returns to extract revenge. Vijay Raaz plays a school teacher who has tormented Champakali with impossible arithmetic as a young girl. When she arrives as Rani Champa Agni to settle scores (leading her armed gang on scooters), he figures her problem - boredom - and gifts her a television set. Our heroine is captivated, reformed, and settles down to start a dance school - after first doing a Mehbooba� number from Sholay. ... more