# Love Sex Aur Dhokha (लव सेक्स और धोखा)
**Love Sex Aur Dhokha** (लव सेक्स और धोखा), often shortened to **LSD**, is a 2010 Hindi-language anthology film directed by [Dibakar Banerjee](https://www.edgepedia.org/dibakar-banerjee), written by Banerjee and Kanu Behl, and told entirely through the viewpoints of cameras: a video camcorder, a store security camera, and concealed cameras expose lives in three loosely linked tales.[1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1608777/) It was released in India on 19 March 2010 with an adults-only certificate, and it is credited as India's first full-length feature film shot entirely in digital format.[1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1608777/) • [2](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/lsd-breaks-new-ground-on-sex/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | 19 March 2010, India; adults-only (A) certificate[1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1608777/) • [3](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/cast_crew.php?movieid=102) |
| Director and writers | Dibakar Banerjee; screenplay, dialogue, and story by Banerjee and Kanu Behl[1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1608777/) • [3](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/cast_crew.php?movieid=102) |
| Structure | Three interconnected stories of voyeurism, an honor killing, an MMS scandal, and sting operations[4](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/love-sex-aur-dhokha-movie-118019) |
| Technical first | India's first full-length feature film shot entirely in digital format[1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1608777/) |
| Key crew | Cinematography Nikos Andritsakis; music Sneha Khanwalkar; editing Namrata Rao[4](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/love-sex-aur-dhokha-movie-118019) |
| Producers | Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor, and Priya Sreedharan; banners ALT Entertainment and Freshwater Films[4](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/love-sex-aur-dhokha-movie-118019) |
| Box office | India net about ₹97.4 million (₹9.74 crore) on a reported ₹40 million (₹4 crore) budget; verdict "above average"[5](https://www.sacnilk.com/movie/Love_Sex_aur_Dhokha_2010) |
| Sequel | Followed by *LSD 2: Love, Sex Aur Dhokha 2* (2024)[1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1608777/) |
## Spoilers
### Story and structure
The film tells three stories, mapped loosely onto the three words of the title, whose characters cross paths intermittently in a non-linear, hyperlinked narrative.[10](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/love-sex-aur-dhokha-movie-review/articleshow/5705450.cms?from=mdr) Gadgets 360 summarizes the subjects as an honor killing, an MMS scandal, and sting operations.[4](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/love-sex-aur-dhokha-movie-118019) The Prime Video listing describes hidden cameras capturing the honor killing of a couple in love, an MMS scandal wreaking havoc in a woman's life, and an incident in which a woman becomes a casting-couch victim.[11](https://www.primevideo.com/-/fil/detail/0I2EMAN7H7J8U7U1RJNUFOIN8R?tr=in)
**The three segments.** In the first story, film-school student Rahul ([Anshuman Jha](https://www.edgepedia.org/anshuman-jha)) and Shruti (Nushrat Bharucha) make a diploma film as a tribute to *Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge*, fall in love, elope, and marry against her family's wishes, with fatal consequences.[9](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/love-sex-aur-dhokha/movie-review/5697609.cms) • [12](https://www.koimoi.com/reviews/love-sex-aur-dhokha/) • [7](https://www.indiatoday.in/top-stories/story/review-love-sex-aur-dhokha-69840-2010-03-18) The second story follows Adarsh ([Rajkummar Rao](https://www.edgepedia.org/rajkummar-rao)), a store employee who shoots a pornographic clip with his coworker Rashmi (Neha Chauhan) on the store's closed-circuit camera, selling CDs for Rs 60,000 to clear his debts.[12](https://www.koimoi.com/reviews/love-sex-aur-dhokha/) • [7](https://www.indiatoday.in/top-stories/story/review-love-sex-aur-dhokha-69840-2010-03-18) The third follows Prabhat (Amit Sial), a disillusioned sting journalist, and the aspiring performer Naina (Arya Devdutta), staged around a casting-couch sting.[7](https://www.indiatoday.in/top-stories/story/review-love-sex-aur-dhokha-69840-2010-03-18) • [3](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/cast_crew.php?movieid=102)
## Production and release
The film was produced by [Ekta Kapoor](https://www.edgepedia.org/ekta-kapoor), Shobha Kapoor, and Priya Sreedharan under ALT Entertainment with Freshwater Films.[4](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/love-sex-aur-dhokha-movie-118019) Balaji's own annual report describes it as ALT Entertainment's production of India's first digital movie, which the company says received critical acclaim and commercial success.[6](https://www.balajitelefilms.com/pdf/annualreports/balajiannualreports/Balaji_AR-2009-10_low_res.pdf) Budget figures differ between sources: a 2010 *India Today* review describes how far a Rs 30 million (Rs 3 crore) budget could stretch, while the box-office tracker Sacnilk lists a budget of ₹40 million (₹4.00 crore).[7](https://www.indiatoday.in/top-stories/story/review-love-sex-aur-dhokha-69840-2010-03-18) • [5](https://www.sacnilk.com/movie/Love_Sex_aur_Dhokha_2010)
Runtime figures also disagree across databases: Box Office India and the Navbharat Times review give 102 minutes, The Times of India gives 1 hour 38 minutes, Gadgets 360 gives 1 hour 52 minutes, and IMDb lists 2 hours 35 minutes (155 minutes).[3](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/cast_crew.php?movieid=102) • [8](https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/moviereview/5700390.cms) • [9](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/love-sex-aur-dhokha/movie-review/5697609.cms) • [4](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/love-sex-aur-dhokha-movie-118019) • [1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1608777/)
## Style and significance
The film's defining device is its camera apparatus. Sangita Gopal, a scholar of [Hindi cinema](https://www.edgepedia.org/hindi-cinema) whose work appears in the University of Chicago's *Conjugations: Marriage and Form in New Bollywood Cinema*, notes two firsts: the word "sex" appearing in a Hindi film title, and the use of spycams, camcorders, and CCTV cameras in the filming itself, an apparatus that, with the multiplot structure, carried the film's narration.[13](https://academic.oup.com/chicago-scholarship-online/book/21201/chapter-abstract/180843570) The critic Mayank Shekhar, writing in the *Hindustan Times*, called it effectively a dogma film, with no background score, unpolished scratchy images, and actors playing against glamour.[14](https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/mayank-shekhar-s-review-love-sex-and-dhokha/story-mYQcBppj2lW5Xu7RjoMWDJ.html) [The Economic Times](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-economic-times) review compared its all-footage treatment to *The Blair Witch Project* and *Paranormal Activity* while judging the film original in content.[10](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/love-sex-aur-dhokha-movie-review/articleshow/5705450.cms?from=mdr)
**Censorship and controversy.** The film opened with an adults-only rating and drew attention for blurred visuals of a naked woman and voyeuristic trailer sequences; director Dibakar Banerjee said the film was more about a change in attitudes than about sex.[2](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/lsd-breaks-new-ground-on-sex/) The Koimoi review reported that censors deleted many bold scenes and swear words, and bleeped foul language, which the reviewer argued gutted the film's voyeuristic appeal.[12](https://www.koimoi.com/reviews/love-sex-aur-dhokha/) [The Indian Express](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-indian-express) placed the film in a series of avant-garde offerings moving Hindi cinema away from song-and-dance romances and revenge sagas, and noted its spotlight on changing sexual mores in small-town India.[2](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/lsd-breaks-new-ground-on-sex/)
## Reception and legacy
Contemporary reviews were largely positive: The Economic Times gave four stars, the [Hindustan Times](https://www.edgepedia.org/hindustan-times) three and a half, India Today called it funny, sad, and entirely watchable, and The Times of India gave a critic's rating of 3.5 out of 5.[10](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/love-sex-aur-dhokha-movie-review/articleshow/5705450.cms?from=mdr) • [14](https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/mayank-shekhar-s-review-love-sex-and-dhokha/story-mYQcBppj2lW5Xu7RjoMWDJ.html) • [7](https://www.indiatoday.in/top-stories/story/review-love-sex-aur-dhokha-69840-2010-03-18) • [9](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/love-sex-aur-dhokha/movie-review/5697609.cms) IMDb users rate it 7.1 out of 10 from about 6,600 votes.[1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1608777/) Sacnilk records an India net collection of ₹97.4 million (₹9.74 crore) and a worldwide gross of ₹128.9 million (₹12.89 crore), with a box-office verdict of "above average".[5](https://www.sacnilk.com/movie/Love_Sex_aur_Dhokha_2010)
Composer [Sneha Khanwalkar](https://www.edgepedia.org/sneha-khanwalkar) won the Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent in 2011 for the film's music.[15](https://travelindia-guide.com/bollywood/movies/2010/love-sex-aur-dhokha/) The film also marked the debut of Rajkummar Rao, who later recalled bagging *Love Sex Aur Dhokha* as a moment he would want to relive.[16](https://odishapostepaper.com/uploads/epaper/2025-04/67f81ccb0db4a.pdf) A sequel, *LSD 2: Love, Sex Aur Dhokha 2*, directed by Banerjee, premiered theatrically on 19 April 2024 and later streamed on Netflix.[17](https://www.telegraphindia.com/amp/entertainment/dibakar-banerjees-love-sex-aur-dhoka-2-now-streaming-on-netflix/cid/2027168) Retrospective assessments have been strong: a Film Companion review called the anthology a masterpiece of Hindi cinema that started the 2010s off with a bang.[18](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lsd_love_sex_aur_dhokha)
## References
1. [LSD: Love, Sex Aur Dhokha (2010), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1608777/)
2. [LSD breaks new ground on sex, The Indian Express (25 March 2010)](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/lsd-breaks-new-ground-on-sex/)
3. [Love Sex Aur Dhokha, Box Office India cast and crew](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/cast_crew.php?movieid=102)
4. [Love Sex Aur Dhokha Movie (2010), Gadgets 360](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/love-sex-aur-dhokha-movie-118019)
5. [Love Sex aur Dhokha (2010) box office, Sacnilk](https://www.sacnilk.com/movie/Love_Sex_aur_Dhokha_2010)
6. [Balaji Telefilms Annual Report 2009-10](https://www.balajitelefilms.com/pdf/annualreports/balajiannualreports/Balaji_AR-2009-10_low_res.pdf)
7. [Review: Love Sex Aur Dhokha, India Today (19 March 2010)](https://www.indiatoday.in/top-stories/story/review-love-sex-aur-dhokha-69840-2010-03-18)
8. [लव सेक्स और धोखा review, Navbharat Times](https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/moviereview/5700390.cms)
9. [Love Sex Aur Dhokha Movie Review, The Times of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/love-sex-aur-dhokha/movie-review/5697609.cms)
10. [Love Sex aur Dhokha: Movie Review, The Economic Times](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/love-sex-aur-dhokha-movie-review/articleshow/5705450.cms?from=mdr)
11. [Love Sex Aur Dhoka, Prime Video](https://www.primevideo.com/-/fil/detail/0I2EMAN7H7J8U7U1RJNUFOIN8R?tr=in)
12. [Love, Sex aur Dhokha review, Koimoi (Komal Nahta, 19 March 2010)](https://www.koimoi.com/reviews/love-sex-aur-dhokha/)
13. [Sangita Gopal, Conjugations: Marriage and Form in New Bollywood Cinema, conclusion, Oxford Academic](https://academic.oup.com/chicago-scholarship-online/book/21201/chapter-abstract/180843570)
14. [Mayank Shekhar's Review: Love Sex and Dhokha, Hindustan Times](https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/mayank-shekhar-s-review-love-sex-and-dhokha/story-mYQcBppj2lW5Xu7RjoMWDJ.html)
15. [Love Sex aur Dhokha (2010) catalogue record, travelindia-guide.com](https://travelindia-guide.com/bollywood/movies/2010/love-sex-aur-dhokha/)
16. [Rajkummar Rao interview, Odisha Post e-paper](https://odishapostepaper.com/uploads/epaper/2025-04/67f81ccb0db4a.pdf)
17. [Love Sex Aur Dhoka 2 now streaming on Netflix, The Telegraph India](https://www.telegraphindia.com/amp/entertainment/dibakar-banerjees-love-sex-aur-dhoka-2-now-streaming-on-netflix/cid/2027168)
18. [LSD: Love, Sex Aur Dhokha, Rotten Tomatoes critics reviews](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lsd_love_sex_aur_dhokha)
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