Lajja
Directed by:
Rajkumar SantoshiScreenplay:
Rajkumar SantoshiCast:
Rekha, Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Madhuri Dixit, Ajay Devgan, Manisha Koirala, Mahima Chaudhry, Suresh Oberoi, Gulshan Grover, Tinnu Anand, Govind Namdeo (more)VOD (1)
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Vaidehi (Manisha Koirala) gets married to Raghu (Jackie Shroff), an NRI. Suffering the agony of an unhappy marriage, she decides to run away from him when she learns that she is pregnant and he wants to take the child away from her. In her pursuit for freedom, she meets Maithili (Mahima Choudhary) a bride-to-be, Janki (Madhuri Dixit) a theatre artist and Ramdulaari (Rekha) a village midwife, all of whom are victims of male chauvinism. They, however, refuse to be put down and fight for their rights. (iTunes)
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I’m giving it a lower rating for the moment because of the overall fragmentation, which is not very digestible. However, some of the stories stand alone as excellent little films. Typically, the Anil Kapoor storyline could have been a decent buddy movie, while queens like Madhuri Dixit and Rekha could have carried entire series of films based on their portrayal of independent women. Similarly, the rough-and-tumble characters of Ajay Devgan and Tinnu Anand could have been given more prominent space. But why frame all this with events with Manisha Koirala's face? That makes the whole thing lose its impact.
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