Chandni Bar was a social drama released on September 28, 2001 under the banner of Shlok Films. The movie was directed by Madhur Bhandarkar and produced by Lata Mohan. The significant roles in the movie were played by Tabu, Vinay Apte, Atul Kulkarni and Abhay Bhargava while the roles of Shameem Shaikh and Rajpal Yadav were also important.

Chandni Bar was a social movie that created several controversies when it was released. The movie was directed by Madhur Bhandarkar and is all about the life and period of a modern bar dancer. Bhandarkar chose Tabu to portray the role of a struggling bar dancer as according to him she is the best actresses of the Indian film industry. The movie is not fictious as the director has done lot of researchon the topic of the film to make it as realistic as possible. Even Tabu also spent a long time talking to the real bar dancers to learn the actual art.

The movie is all about a young girl from Meerut, Mumtaz ( Tabu ), who after a destructive communal riot in Meerut was left penniless. Thus she comes to Mumbai in hopes of making her livelihood. Her relative here is a supplier of girls to a bar and thus as expected, he also sells her to a bar. She becomes a bar dancer and gets raped by a co-worker. What was worse was that she can’t even raise her voice against the ill activities. She comes across underworld personality ( Atul Kulkarni ) and falls in love with him. She soon marries him which solves her problems.