Controversial Subjects

THOUGHT PROVOKING MOVIES ABOUT INDIAN WOMEN The movies listed under this heading deal with a variety of controversial and daringly different subjects. Many are based on true stories. Many deal with the plight of Indian women and other neglected sections of the society. Many expose evils that still exist in a chauvinistic, feudal, caste system in modern India. Some highlight the struggle for women's lib, self realization, taboos. But all will make you think and provoke you to act. Viewer discretion is advised.

	*3 Deewarein (Hindi w/English subtitles) Naseeruddin Shah, Jackie Shroff, Nagesh Kukunoor, Juhi Chawla. Now Shipping !** 3 Deewarein is the saga of three prisoners, Jaggu, a lawyer who seeks solace in the verses of his poetry, poetry that is the essence of his being. Nagya, a man aggrieved with the world, and Ishaan, a natural charmer, for whom life means sheer freedom. The three develop a special bond in prison; becoming friends for the uncertain span of time that fate holds for them. Mohan is the prison warden, who strongly believes in holistic reformation and perceives prisons as home to prisoners and not as cages for animals. Enter Chandrika, a documentary filmmaker wanting to make a film on these three convicts. As the documentary progresses, a bond begins to evolve between Chandrika and the three men... And with this bond unfolds an inexplicable series of events, that leads to an edge of the seat finale… What is it that unfolds? Is the question that is answered in this bittersweet saga about friendship, hope and survival in a world within a world…	$24.95
	15 PARK AVENUE* Shabana Azmi, Konkona Sen Sharma, Waheeda Rehman, Rahul Bose, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Kanwaljeet Singh, Soumitra Chatterjee Anjali (Shabana Azmi) and her brother Mahesh were their mother Rewa's (Waheeda Rehman) children from her first marriage to Col. Mathur who had died soon after Mahesh was born. Rewa had brought up her two small children with the help of her late husband's friend - a bachelor by the name of Brigadier Sunil Mathur. Later, Rewa had married Sunil who had been a good surrogate father to Anjali and Mahesh and Mitali (Konkana Sen Sharma) had been born. She was the baby of the family, eighteen years younger than Anjali and thirteen years younger than Mahesh. Anjali had married quite early but was soon divorced and came back to live with her mother and stepfather. Anjali was brilliant. She was a professor of Physics at a noted university in Calcutta and a writer of repute in her field. Mahesh had become quite successful in the corporate world and lived separately with his wife Padma, their eight year-old twins Samir and Shreya and newborn daughter Shalini. Mitali, the youngest, was the most unfortunate of Rewa's three children. Whether it was because of Rewa's late pregnancy at the age of forty or simply as a result of some genetic quirk, Mitali or Meethi turned out to be mentally and physically challenged. She suffered both from chronic schizophrenia and epilepsy and had to be cared for by her family. In spite of her illness, Meethi had been quite functional up to her early twenties. She had even got engaged to a young man called Joydeep or Jojo, as she called him. The family, Meethi's elder sister Anu in particular, had been against the engagement at first because of Meethi's medical problems but had finally given in with good grace. There had been a huge engagement ceremony, which was more like a wedding than an engagement. After that, disaster had struck! Meethi, who was working for a publishing house as a journalist, had gone by herself on a journalistic assignment outside Calcutta where political goons had raped her repeatedly. This incident had acted as a trigger for Meethi's hitherto dormant schizophrenia. Joydeep who was only twenty-six at the time, was unable to relate to Meethi any longer and had broken off the engagement. Meethi had become depressive to the point of being suicidal and had even had to be put away in a home for the mentally ill for a while. Later she was brought back home but she was never the same again. She now lived completely in a delusional world where she was married to Jojo and was Mrs. Joydeep Ray with five children of her own. She believed that she lived with her husband and children at 15 Park Avenue and would insist on being taken to look for her house, which she could never find. After Sunil died, Anu became the sole caregiver to her widowed mother and schizophrenic sister. As a result Anu became a much stressed individual and Meethi's doctor Kunal Barua advised her to take a break from work - to go away for a holiday far from her stressful city to a place where the air was pure and the climate was healthy. Anu, Meethi, their mother Rewa and Meethi's attendant Charu came to Bhutan for the prescribed holiday. By a strange co-incidence Joydeep was here too with his wife Lakshmi and their two children. He saw Meethi quiet unexpectedly while they were sightseeing and felt completely shattered at the change he saw in her. He could not get rid of his feelings of guilt and followed Anu and Meethi to their rented cottage. Anu was stunned to see him and struggled to control the feelings of intense resentment that welled up inside her. She was also worried in case Meethi had a setback when she met him - but strangely, Meethi did not recognize him at all! She continued to call him Mr. Roy after she was introduced to him never dreaming that this was in fact her beloved Jojo. Meethi became quite friendly with Joydeep who kept coming over to their cottage in spite of his wife's reservations, and confided in him about her husband Jojo and her five children. She entreated him to help her find her house at 15 Park Avenue and to help her get away from her sister whom she imagined to be completely tyrannical! Joydeep was miserable! He felt like a bigamist! He was in a strange situation where he was happily married to a woman he loved and with whom he had had two lovely children; yet, here was another woman who believed she was married to him and whose world with him was totally real to her! Joydeep was nonplussed. Should he go with her to look for 15 Park Avenue after they returned to Calcutta? They would not be able to find the house, of course - no such house existed except in Meethi's imagination! In fact, there was no Park Avenue on the map of Calcutta! Yet, if he did not go, Joydeep felt, he would be letting Meethi down a second time. Back in Calcutta Joydeep does go with Meethi to look for 15 Park Avenue - to look for something one can never find. But, is Meethi the only one who is looking for the impossible? Is she the only one with delusions? Aren't we all - the so-called 'sane' people of the world - under delusions of our own?
	36 CHOWRINGHEE LANE* Debashree Roy, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Geoffrey Kendal, Jennifer Kendal, Soni Razdan, Renu Roy, Karan Kapoor, Sanjana Kapoor, Rupa Ghosh, Dina Ardeshir 36 CHOWRINGHEE LANE'' is the story of Violet Stoneham, an ageing Anglo-Indian schoolteacher who lives in a dingy apartment in Calcutta and teaches Shakespeare. A pair of young lovers walk into her life one Christmas morning and break up its well regulated pattern. Nandita and Samaresh are tired of sneaking kisses in taxis and start using her apartment as a meeting place. In the process, a warm and exciting relationship grows up between the young lovers and the old lady. This new found friendship becomes paramount in the old teachers life. But the ephemeral excitement vanishes and an estranged Violet once again finds solace in her beloved Shakespeare. The film ends with her reciting aloud from King Lear on a deserted winter night, with a stray dog as her only audience.	$17.95
S Theatrical Poster	1947 EARTH (Shemaroo Edition without Subtitles) Special Order for $24.95 1947 EARTH (Collector's Edition) with English subtitles. Special Order for $28.95 Aamir Khan, Rahul Khanna, Arif Zakaria, Kulbushan Kharbanda,Gulshan Grover, Eric Peterson, Pavan Malhotra, Nandita Das, Maia Sethna, Kitu Gidwani The movie opens in Lahore of 1947 before India and Pakistan became independent. It is a cosmopolitan city, depicted by the coterie of working class friends who are from different religions. The rest of the movie chronicles the fate of this group and the maddening religious that sweeps even this city as the partition of the two countries is decided and Lahore is given to Pakistan.	$24.95 Without subtitles $28.95 With subtitles
	AANDHI - $19.95 Sanjeev Kumar and Suchitra Sen Arti is the daughter of a politician. He wants his daughter to inherit his popularity. Arti falls in love with JK and gets married to him. However, JK hates politics. Their interests get the better of their relationship and they live separately. Arti makes good in her political career and plans election campaigns. On one of her campaign tours, she is to stay in a hotel where a room is decorated based on her likes. She summons the hotel manager and it is none other than her husband JK. Here begins the phase where Aarti is drawn to her husband. Her opposition takes this opportunity of blaming her. She says that she is willing to step down if the people so tell her to do. Will love triumph or political career? What does her husband feel about this?
	ABHINETRI* Shashi Kapoor, Hema Malini, Deb Mukerji, Nirupa Roy, Nazir Husain, Asit Sen, Sulochana and Bel Rose Anjana a brilliant dancer and Shekhar a handsome young scientist hailed from different worlds, yet when they met they discovered they had one thing in common, a love for each other. The young scientist married the beautiful artist and the nights and days mingled into one, as they were lost in heavenly bliss. But duty called and Shekhar returned to his laboratory while Anjana, alone at home began to yearn for the glamour of the stage. Shekhar did not approve of his wife’s ambitions in this direction and positively forbid it. There was a clash of ego and Shekhar asked Anjana to choose between the home and the stage. He was shocked when she chose the latter. They were separated. Shekhar’s mother wrote and informed him that she was undertaking a pilgrimage and would like to spend a few days with her son and daughter-in-law before she set out. Shekhar had not told his mother of the developments at home and would not bear hurting her now. He approached Anjana with a proposition that she come and stay with him and act as his wife for just a few days before his mother left for her pilgrimage. Anjana would never have agreed for Shekhar’s sake but she loved his mother dearly and realized that if she learnt the truth it would be a severe shock for her. Anjana agreed, but warned Shekhar that it would be merely to shield the truth from his mother, nothing more nothing less. This reunion sets the stage for a emotional confrontation between them, leading to a dramatic climax	$19.95
	ANAAHAT* अनाहत Anant Nag, Deepti Navel, Sonali Bendre There lived a King and a Queen in the ancient Indian kingdom of Malla. The King was incapable of giving an heir to the throne as he was impotent; yet He and the Queen shared a bond of togetherness, bliss and much more... The all-male Senate was worried by the King's age and disability; the Senators resolved that the Queen was duty bound to follow the prevalent custom of "Niyog" and to produce an heir.So it was announced, "As per the custom of Niyog, the Queen of Malla shall choose a mate for one night - from the last ray of the sunset to the first ray of sunrise." The Queen's consent was not sought... The King was left with no choice... Only Mahattarika, the Chief Maid, witnessed their turmoil. The sun set... and the Queen had to step out. How did the King live his agony... and the Queen... The sun rose and they came face to face.	$22.95
	*AASTHA - $19.95 Om Puri and Rekha** Manasi, a middle aged middle class woman always had the dearth of money in her life and is never able to fulfill her heart's desires as her husband has a meager salary. But when her daughter expresses her desires, Manasi is too pained. One day at a shoe shop, a pair of shoes tempt Manasi but as they are overpriced she can't afford them. A lady, as a friendly gesture, offers to pay the rest of the money. The lady then takes Manasi to a world of seductions, the glitz and sleaze of an urban life. Somewhere along the way Manasi is led to a guilt ridden awareness of her sexuality, an aspect that lay unrevealed. Amar, her husband, is completely unaware of the travails of his wife. A participant in her changing sexual discernment, Amar leads a life far removed from the one that Manasi is coerced into and entrapped by. Balancing parallel lives, Manasi submerges into the abyss of guilt until she finds herself exposed by Amita, one of Amar's students. Together they plan a confession by innuendo. This, Manasi concludes, is the only chance she has to pick up the threads of her shredded life. (Not suitable for Children, adult content and nudity)	$19.95
	AGNI VARSHA Jackie Shroff, Milind Soman, Raveena Tandon, Nagarjuna, Sonali Kulkarni, Prabhu Deva. Amitabh Bachchan Based on an incident from Mahabharata, the film is a mixture of period and modern drama. Adapted from the play 'The Fire and The Wind¹ by playwright Girish Karnad, the film has Amitabh Bachchan starring in a special appearance as the Hindu God Indra. The chief priest Paravasu (Jackie Shorff) watches over a holy fire for seven years. For this he has abandoned his family and all other worldly pleasures. However, in his absence, his cousin Yavakri (Nagarjuna), who is also his sworn enemy, seduces his wife Vishakha (Raveena Tandon). Yavakri¹s only intension is to seek revenge. Meanwhile, Paravasu¹s brother, Arvasu (Milind Soman) falls in love with a tribal girl (Sonali Kulkarni). But since she is not from the Brahmin caste, they begin facing problems. Prabhu Deva who is known for his dance numbers, plays the role of a demon
	*ANKUR (new edition with English subtitles)-** Shabana Azmi, Sadhu Meher, Anant Nag (A Shyam Benegal classic) Surya is the college going son of a well to do farmer and is forced into giving up his studies in order to take care of family property. He is married against his wishes to a young girl Saru who will join him when she reaches puberty. Bored and lonely in his farmhouse, Surya finds himself attracted to Laxmi, his servant, who is the wife of a poor deaf mute potter. Kishtaya is caught stealing toddy, a crime for which he is punished. Humiliated, he runs away from the village. Laxmi, now quite destitute, gives in to Surya who promises to look after her. How does Saru break Surya and Laxmi's association? What happens to Kishtaya?	$19.95
	ASTITVA* Tabu, Sachin Khedekar, Mohnish Behl, Shilpa Shirodkar ASTITVA portrays the "typical Male Chauvinist" in today's time. Srikant( Sachin Khedekar) is shocked to hear that his wife (Tabu) has not been loyal to him in the past, he is all the more shocked to learnt that their son is not even his , and is a result of an affair his wife had with someone else (Monesh Bahl). He has cheated on her in the past too but justifies it by saying that he is a man! He demands a divorce - but will everything that the couple has built up over so many years be destroyed in one second?	$19.95
	BANDIT QUEEN* (Phoolan Devi) $29.95 Hindi with English subtitles A Shekhar Kapoor film with Seema Biswas A woman's life explodes in a feverish spree of vengeful violence, shocking the world and bringing a government to it's knees in this tale of modern day savagery run wild. For matured audiences only.
	BHUMIKA* Smita Patil, Anant Nag, Amrish Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Khulbhushan Kharbanda, Amol Palekar Bhumika is a story of Usha (Smita Patil). Keshav a family friend takes Usha to Bombay where she is selected in an audition. Usha rises fast in the film world. Co - starring with her in several roles is Rajan who loves her. Sensing a threat to himself Keshav plans to marry Usha. Though Usha has a daughter she finds no peace with her husband who is jealous of Rajan as well as secretly resentful of having to depend on her earnings. When she becomes pregnant her husband accuses her of adultery and forces her to have an abortion. She cuts herself from her husband and takes off with another man. When she returns to find her daughter grown up and married she realizes how far she has come without finding any meaning or fullfilment in her life?	$19.95
	BLACK* (A film by Sanjay Leela Bhansali} Collector's Edition with a complimentary Original Soundtrack Audio CD of Black. This original soundtrack of BLACK has a total of 23 tracks, including one vocal song and some marvelous background tracks, which perfectly capture the aura and the ambience of this powerful film. It has subtitles in English, Spanish, French, Arabic and Hindi *Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukherjee, Ayesha Kapur, Shernaz Patel, Dhritiman Chaterji, Nandana Sen I know now that there is God... He is not in the Holy Spirit we pray to... He isn't written about in religious texts... He is someone who is a part of our lives... Whom we live for... Because of whom we live... Michelle McNally is "special" in more ways than one. She cannot see... nor hear... nor speak... She inhabits a world of infinite black... of a seamless, endless void where nothing reaches her and she reaches nothing. Her world is frightening in its complete remoteness. On the sheer will of her ferocious rage against destiny, Michelle struggles to stay afloat in the impenetrable whirlpool her life has become. Into this devastating isolation enters a battle weary teacher, Debraj Sahai, life's wounded but arrogantly insolent warrior. With a single-minded obsession, Debraj takes up a challenge that is next to impossible - to lead this wild, uncontrollable child into the light of knowledge	$26.95
	CHAKRA* Naseeruddin, Dilip Dhawan, Ranjit Choudhary, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Smita Patil This is a story of the shanties and slums that dot every mega city anywhere in the world. A story of the search for shelter, security, and the unalloyed small pleasures of life. Young Benwa (Ranjit Choudhary) and his amma (mother) (Smita Patil) live in a small hovel in one of the teeming slums of Bombay. Amma dreams of a shack of her own, a son by her truck driver lover, and the small pleasures of food, drink and love making. Benwa dreams of being like Looka (Naseeruddin Shah). A man who solves his problems with a flick of a knife or the flash of a smile. A series of events, violent, seemingly without provocation, unconnected, brings about an astounding climax. FILMFARE AWARD WINNER – BEST ACTOR – Naseeruddin Shah – BEST ACTRESS – Smita Patil
	CHANDNI BAR* Tabu and Atul Kulkarni Without doubt one of the finest realistic films made in the recent times, CHANDNI BAR focuses the viewer's attention to that segment of society that has seldom been depicted on the Indian screen Hindi DVD with subtitles in English and Dolby Digital Stereo	$19.95
	CHINGARI* Sushmita Sen, Anuj Sawhney, Mithun Chakraborty 'Chingari' is based on three characters. It is the story of a young and innocent postman, played by Anuj Sawhney, who comes as a crusader with innocent views. Sushmita plays the character of Basanti, who is a humiliated, frightened and ravaged sex worker. She falls in love with the postman but is not allowed to dream of a relationship with him. She revolts and that creates a spark or chingari. Mithun Chakraborthy plays Bhuvan Panda, a village priest who misuses his powers and incidentally, falls in love with Basanti. The film is based on a true story by Bhupen Hazarika and was originally set on the Bhutan-Assam border. The movie has been directed well by Kalpana Lajmi	$19.95
	DAHEJ* - V. Shantaram's 1950 Classice Jay Shree T, Karan Dewan, Lalita Pawar, Mumtaz Begum, Prithviraj Kapoor, Ulhas Chanda (Jayashree), the daughter of a thakur, is to marry Suraj (Karan Deewan) but his greedy mother demands more money than the thakur can afford. Chanda is tormented and eventually expelled from the house while Suraj is forced into a second and more lucrative alliance. Chanda and Suraj die in each other's arms, even as the dowry which the thakur has raised after selling all his property - arrives at the doorstep. Old classic B&W movie mastered from restored material. Occasional scratches - buy it for nostalgic value	$19.95
	DAMAN* (A film by Kalpana Lajmi) Raveena Tandon, Sayaji Shinde, Sanjay Suri The journey of Durga who is constantly physically and mentally tortured by her husband. Her brother in law is her only crutch through these hard times. Durga has a daughter but her husband refuses to acknowledge her saying he will only accept a son Hindi, English Subtitles, Dolby 5.1 Channel	$19.95
	DAMINI* (LIGHTENING) Rishi Kapoor, Minakshi, Sunny Deol Damini is a woman's fight for justice. Damini who is happily married once witnesses a crime committed by her brother in law, the memory of this crime haunts her like a nightmare, she is torn between her conscious and her love for her husband and his family . Damini chooses her conscious and walks out of the family in the search for truth and justice. Amidst this struggle for justice and truth, Damini is sympathised by a down and out alcoholic lawyer , who helps her fight with the corrupt system and the tactics of corrupt high powered lawyers	$19.95
	DEVAKI* Perizaad Zorabian, Suman Ranganathan, Arvin Tukker, Ram Kapoor Suppressed, physically abused, tortured, insulted - these are some of the headlines about women that we keep hearing and reading about in all media forums on a regular basis. The common factor about all these headlines is that each of them refers to women residing in rural India. But director Bappaditya Bandopadhyay takes this beyond rural India by having a parallel protagonist representing urban India in this hard-hitting tale about women exploitation in all sections of society. Inspired from a true story, 'Devaki' has already been acclaimed internationally in number of film festivals where it has been shown in last few months
	EK CHHOTISI LOVE STORY* Manisha Koirala, Aditya Seal, Saroj Bhargava and Ranvir Shourie Difficult years - teen years! I'm Aditya. I am in a terrible dilemma need your help. This girl Manisha stays opposite to my building. She is too beautiful, very attractive. I track her every movement, every moment through my telescope. I have seen her naked many times. I am 15 She is 26 I'm madly in love with her. The problem is she has a boyfriend. I have even seen them making love. Folks, let me stop here. She has arrived. I must run... to my telescope... see you around Love Aditya	$21.95
	FILHAAL (Hindi w/Subtitles in English) Tabu, Sushmita Sen, Sanjay Suri, Palash Sen Rewa and Sia were the best friends. They were similar in so many ways and yet different too. While Sia was ambitiotious and career-oriented, Rewa was more of a romantic, looking forward to a blissful life with a husband and children. Her drams crystalized in Dhruv, whom she fell in love with and married.. Everyone expected Sia to follow suit, especially Saahil, who had proposed to Sia threee times already. But Sia was clear - to be settled in her career before getting married, Saahil would have to wait ... Filhaal ... is the story of these four people. Till a twist in fate entwines the destinies of these four people. Filhaal is about friendship, love, marriage, & life. You can only live it ... one moment at time. And Smile ... for the moment..	$19.95
	FIRE (English) - $26.95 Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das, Kulbushan Kharbanda, Jaaved Jaferi Banned in India, this 1996 film by Deepa Mehta powerfully demonstrates the struggle of two women in love in a culture so deeply entrenched in ritual and tradition. All this against a backdrop of an India which itself is struggling for freedom from these same values. This film is both political and personal and never too preachy or idealistic on either front. It is easy to see why "Fire" has caused riots in India, but tragic nonetheless. A true film such as this one deserves to be seen by all people of the world, not just privileged westerners.
	*FIZA - Hrithik Roshan, Karishma Kapur, Jaya Bachchan** Anatomy of communal riots in India as seen through the eyes of Fiza a girl in search of her brother, who disappeared during the communal one such riot of 1993 in Mumbai. The film is centered around the relationship between a widowed mother, living in the hope that her son will one day return, and her daughter who, fed up with living with uncertainty, decides to go in search of her brother. Hrithik Roshan has played a great Role.
	FREAKY CHAKRA* (English dialogues with subtitles over Hindi songs and Hindi dialogues) Deepti Naval, Sunil Roah, Ranvir Shortey, Sachin Khedekar The story of a haggard woman who left her medical practice after she could not save her husband. She is very temperamental and spends her time either alone or with dead people (she becomes a coroner). One day, a young boy (Sunil Roah) walks into her life and everything changes. The 40-something changes from a prim and cranky nag to a pretty and blushing Janki. The film is very different from Dil Chahta Hai, Leela and Ek Chhotisi Love Story, where the story includes a young man in love with an older woman. Freaky Chakra is more about the life of an older unwanted woman who craves for attention	$19.95
	HARI BHARI* - Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das, Rajeshwari, Surekha, Alka Trivedi The frame of the story deals with three generations of women; grandmother, her two daughter-in-laws, and a grand-daughter. Within the frame story are individual episodes dealing with the various crises faced by each of them. The film concerns itself with the need for women to develop an awareness of female health problems and their rights over their own bodies as a necessary factor in their empowerment. Although the film is a work of fiction, it is based on actual case studies made over a period of time in the region where the film is located	$19.95
	HAZAAR CHAURASI KI MAA* (Mother of 1084 - Unrated w/English Subtitles) A Govind Nihalani Film - Winner of National Film Festival Award for the Best Film 1998 - DVD Release 2003 Jaya Bachchan, Anupam Kher, Seema Biswas, Nandita Das Given its material (which was adapted from a novel by Mahaswati Deva), the film has the potential of becoming overtly political (like Constantin Costa-Gavras' "Z") or expressly melodramatic (like Regis Wargnier's "Indochine").But it is a fine attribute of the film that it provides just enough background for the viewers to become acquainted with the intense sociopolitical events in India (particularly in West Bengal) in the 1970s---a radical outlawed movement, the "Naxalbari," proves to be major headache for the established leadership---and keeps finely checked and nuanced the thoughts and feelings of the characters that the result is a quietly powerful and moving drama of loss, alienation and enlightenment. The brutal murder of a radical and forward-thinking son causes for the mother to embark on a journey of self-examination and -discovery---asking questions as to the circumstances that led to her son's untimely death, what made her overlook and take for granted her son's "secret" activities, and seeing in her own family the very things her son had rebelled against (complacent, hypocritical, reactionary and bourgeois attitudes and values in modern society). The film proceeds on a slow and reflective pace so as to be proper to its conversational approach, which is of such a length that the characters gradually open their minds and hearts to the viewers regarding the lamentable family loss and the state of their society in general. Take careful notice of the scene where the mother visits her son's girlfriend, who is also a member of the movement and where mother and son "meet" one another for the last time. To be distinguished too are the stunning performances, specially those provided by the actors who played the beleaguered mother, the loving aunt and the ill-fated son. If you missed the opportunity to see it rare festival of Indian films, don't miss opportunity to buy "Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa." on dvd or vhs.	$24.95
	KAIREE (The Raw Mango - Directed by Amol Palekar) Shilpa Navalkar, Yogita Deshmukh, Leena Bhagwat This President's National Award Winning film is about the sweet and sour experiences of a ten year old girl brought to her maternal Aunt's house due to the loss of her parents. The girl, uprooted from a secure and loving home struggles to cope with her new environment. Hindi with English subtitles, Dolby Digital	$17.95
	KAMLA* Shabana Azmi, Dipti Nawal, Marc Zuber, Mazhar Khan Newspaper reporter Jai Singh Jadhav (Marc Zuber) is in search of a sensational scoop to buck his sagging career. He goes to a remote village and “purchases” a tribal girl called Kamla (Deepti Naval), planning to present her at a press conference as evidence of the existence of the flesh-market and slave trading in modern India. Jai Singh's wife Sarita (Shabana Azmi) draws parallels between her own life and that of Kamla’s and that her own status in her house is nothing more than that of a slave. Sarita's conscience revolts at the indifferent and callous attitude of her husband, whom she now sees as a chauvinist and opportunist. Kamla's story becomes a political embarrassment for the powers that be. Jai Singh is sacked from his job and his story is made out to be a hoax. He comes to realise that he is also a ''Kamla'' - a metaphor for exploitation. This powerful offbeat film, based on a true-life incident, is directed by Jagmohan Mundhra and became very controversial on its release, as several political groups and women’s groups protested against the theme and its treatment. Shabana Azmi and Deepti Naval put in powerful performances and the film has music composed by Bappi Lahiri.	$19.95
	LAJJA Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Manisha Koirala, Mahima Chaudhary, Rekha, Ajay Devgan, Lajja is a journey...From the opulent city of New York to a remote village in Uttar Pradesh...From the adobe of the rich, to the corner of poor...From the silence of a martyr to the outcry of a rebel...A journey that is unified by an astonishing discovery - that a woman, wherever, whenever, has to face mankind at its heniour worst. As the journey extends so does the intensity of her misery...Why is VAIDEHI's womb the only weapon to fight the atrocities that she has to face?Why should MAITHILI's head humiliatingly bend, just because she is a daughter? Why must society mercilessly crush JANKI's desire to live on her own terms? Why is it that silence follows, when RAMDULAARI is gang raped and left to flames? As these questions emerge, they bring with them, an indigence, a resolve, a power...To stand up, to revolt to combat! WHEN TEARS STOP...A REVOLUTION BEGINS...	$19.95
	LEELA* (English sound) Dimple kapadia, Vinod Khanna, Deepti naval, Gulshan Grover LEELA is not just about Leela, the protagonist played by Dimple Kapadia but it is more about 'cultural clashes'. Leela, a professor at Bombay University, leaves India for America to 'broaden her view'. She teaches South Asian history classes as visiting professor at some American University. There she finds Kris (born Krishna), a young American Born Confused Desi, and his mother Chaitali (Deepthi Naval). Being just eighteen Kris is infatuated with Leela and is very desperate to lose his virginity.	$26.95
	MAMMO* Farida Jalal, Surekha Sikri, Rajit Kapoor, Kishore Kadam, Himani Shivpuri, Ganesh Yadav, Rupal Patel, Lalit Tiwari, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Ravi Jhankal, Srivallabh Vyas, Sanjay Batra National Film Festival - Best Feature Film In Hindi Filmfare - Best Actress (Critics) National - Best Supporting Actress Mammo (Farida Jalal) Mammo (Farida Jalal) arrives in Bombay unannounced to stay with her sister Fayyazi (Surekha Sekri) and the latter's orphaned grandson Riyaz (Amit Phalke). She was evicted from her marital home in Lahore after her husband's death. Arriving on a temporary visitor's visa, she tries legally as well as through bribery to convert the visa into one enabling permanent residence, asserting her right to stay on as an Indian national. The story is told through the eyes of Riyaz, who initially resents her arrival in their cramped Bombay flat. Mammo is deported, but returns in the end, hopefully for good	$21.95
	MANDI* Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Amrish Puri The story of a whore house in a remote town which becomes the bone of contention between political and business interests. Shyam Benegal has been considered as the leading film maker of the country ever since his first feature film, ANKUR. His films have been seen and acclaimed widely not only in India but in international film festivals for the last twenty five years. The core subjects of his films have been varied in nature but mainly centered around contemperory Indian experience. Problems of development and social change appear on many levels as a continuing thread in pratically all his films.	- $19.95
	MATRABHOOMI* Tulip Joshi, Sudhir Pandey, Sushant Singh, Aditya Srivastav, Piyush Mishra, Amin Gazi, Gyan Prakash, Pankaj Jha, Sanjay Kumar, Shrivas Nydu, Deepak Kumar Bandhu, Vinamra Pancharia, Chittaranjan Giri, Farooq Sarkari, Rohitashv Gour, Rajesh Jais, Latesh Choudhari, Neeraj Sood, Mrityunjay Panchal, Umashankar Pancharia, S Mahanti The film explores a futuristic rural India wherein due to rampant female infanticide, women are practically extinct. The impact of the absence of women on men sees them finding alternative sources of release - pornography, homosexuality, bestiality, violence. When a girl Kalki (Tulip Joshi) is actually spied, she is promptly sold and married to five brothers. All five - and the father-in-law Ramcharan (Sudhir Pandey) exercise their conjugal rights in turn. She starts coming closer to the youngest brother Sooraj (Sushant Singh), the only one who treats her as human being much to the chagrin of the father and other brothers. The eldest brother has the youngest one killed.	$19.95
	MITR - MY FRIEND* - Directed by Award Winning Actress - Revathy Nasir Abdullah, Shobana and Preeti Vissa Shot entirely in California's Silicon Valley with all woman crew this film tells the story of the millions of women all over the world, who give their all to their marriages, homes, children but somewhere down the years stop thinking about their own feelings and needs. ...one of the best efforts we've seen this year - Filmfare ... a delightfully film! - Screen ... Bollywood can learn a thing or two - Indian Express * English with Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu on same dvd. Highly recommended by BharatVani as a Hindi learning aid.	$21.95
Theatrical Poster	MONSOON WEDDING - A film in English by Mira Nair Naseeruddin Shah, Roshan Seth, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Vasundhara Dass A story set in the modern upper-middle class of India, where telecommunications and a western lifestyle mix with old traditions, like the arranged wedding young Aditi accepts when she ends the affair with a married TV producer. The groom is an Indian living in Texas, and all relatives from both families, some from distant places like Australia, come to New Delhi during the monsoon season to attend the wedding. The four-day arrangements and celebrations will see clumsy organization, family parties and drama, dangers to the happy end of the wedding, lots of music and even a new romance for the wedding planner Dubey with the housemaid Alice... Contains adult situations and nudity. Parental guidance is advised Language: English/Hindi, Adult Language, Rated R	DVD $29.95
	MOTHER INDIA (MEHBOOB'S* CLASSIC - 1957) Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar, Raj Kumar From India, the cradle of the gods, comes this epic drama of an Indian mother, the nuclease round which revolves the tradition and culture of ages in this ancient land. In India, woman is a part of man. With marriage she merges her individuality into her husband's and both together form a single entity in the society. The one without the other is but half the story of an eternal harmony going beyond a single birth and through seven births as the Indian scriptures say. A woman's marriage is thus an eternal spiritual bond and in her absolute dedication to her husband, her single prayer is to die in the presence of her husband and be carried out by him even as bride in death. To this eternal Indian woman, the home is her temple, the husband is her god, the children his blessings and the land her great mother. This is the story of one such Indian woman, a supreme symbol of millions of mothers that make this ancient land land Mother India
	MR. & MRS. IYER (English language with English subtites over Indian langugages) Rahul Bose, Konkona Sensharma, Esha Chuhan MUMBAI, July 26: Mr and Mrs Iyer joyously swept four national awards this year, vindicating one's faith in humanity in general and the national awards jury in particular. The film won awards for best director and best screenplay for Aparna Sen, best actress for Konkona Sen Sharma, and the Nargis Dutt award for best film on national integration Mrs. Iyer is on the beginning of a long journey to Calcutta to be with her husband. The trip starts with a long bus ride and is supposed to be followed by a train trip. But there is a problem along the bus route as Hindus and Muslim extremists are at each others throats. The roads are closed and there is a curfew put in place. Along side her is Raja Chowdhary, taking the same journey and since Mrs. Iyer has a small child, helping her out when he can. While trapped on the bus, a gang of Hindus boards the bus in order to ferret out any Muslims. They go so far as to make a boy strip so they can check and see if he is circumcised. Raja is Muslim, but Mrs. Iyer goes against her beliefs and covers for him so nothing will happen to him. Mrs. Iyer was brought up believing that Muslims were inferior and she should have nothing to do with them. But along the journey she comes to realize that it's not your religion that defines you, but who you are as a person	$22.95
	MRITYUDAND* - $19.95 Madhuri, Shabana Azmi, Shilpa Shirodkar & Om Puri Mrityudand is a story of three women in a Bhiar Village who are being terrorized by their men. Ketaki, a young bride, watches as her kind loving husband becomes an abusive drunk due to his business dealings. Chandravati, Ketaki's sister-in-law, crushed when her husband of 17 years leaves her to become a pandit, finds love with the family's kind hired help. Kanti, a servant, whose husband is forced to leave the village to pay off a debt, turns to prostitution in order to help him. Ketaki deciding they have taken enough from their men, teaches the women to fight back. When the women revolt, a mass execution is planned by the village men in retaliation. What will be the fate of Chandravati's love child? Will Ketaki avenge the murder of her husband? Can Ketaki save Chandravati and her lover from Mrityudand Death Penalty? Watch this different but brilliant movie to find out what happens to these wom
	NISHANT* Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil, Amrish Puri, Naseeruddin Shah This film is based on a true - life incident that occured in a village in a feudal state, the year 1945. This village is completely controlled and dominated by a wealthy zamindar (Amrish Puri). The villagers are in the powerful clutches of the family and pratically owned body and soul by them. Into this feudal atmosphere comes a new school master (Girish Karnad), his wife (Shabana Azmi) and their child. The school master gradually becomes aware of the tensions in the village. He decides to fight back and starts talking to the peasants and other villagers and questions their sense of utter happiness. Unrest builds up. discontent becomes visible. Why school master decides to fight back? Does he suceed in his war? To find out watch 'NISHANT' on DVD	$19.95
	PINJAR* (extended Uncut version) Urmila Matondkar, Manoj Bajpai, Sanjay Suri, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Isha Koppikar, Sandali Sinha, Farida Jalal, Lilette Dubay, Seema Biswas Pinjar tells the story of triumph of love and humanity in the era when the communal hatred was in the full swings. Puro (Urmila Matondkar) is one such victim of this hatred and Rashid (Manoj Bajpai) is the man who rapes her. Poet at heart, Ramchand (Sanjay Suri) was a rich man in undivided India. He becomes a refugee with the partition of his country. Sandali Sinha plays the newly wed Lajo whose life turns around with the tragedy that is facing the nation. Priyanshu Chatterjee is Trilok, who is torn between relationships within the family. Pinjar, according to the director, is different because it uses partition theme in its entirety and not just in the backdrop like most films. Music of the film is composed by Uttam Singh while the lyrics are written by Gulzar.	$21.95
	PYAASA* Mala Sinha, Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Johny Walker Vijay is a poet whose poems none of the traditional publishers accepts. They want poems on love, not on hunger. Vijay's home is miserable. His brother taunt and insult him and sell the paper on which his poems are written as waste papers to a grocer for a few annas. He is desperate and depressed . A friend misleads him and gets him drunk and then takes him to the house of a dancer. There Vijay witness the tragedy of the fallen women and fell for them. In the same locality he again comes across the street walker who sensing his frustration, gives him her sympathy and encouragement. But Vijay tells her that he has made up to end his life. The streetwalker puts him to sleep but finds him missing the next morning. After a few days the newspapers announce the news of his death . After his death his poems are published and become a great success, Vijay wins posthumous fame. Vijay is dead yet he is alive. For poet like him never die. Pyaasa is the Undying Spirit of man, of the hope and fears, the frustrations and ambitions and the craving for love and friendship that is in every human heart. Old classic B&W movie mastered from restored material. Occasional scratches - buy it for nostalgic value	$23.95
	RAHUL* Yash Pathak, Neha, Jatin Grewal, Gulshan Grover, Prakshit Sahni Rahul is a young six year old, living with his father, a travel agent (Grewal) and separated from his mother (Neha). With his father poisoning his mind against his mother, Rahul, nevertheless hopes to meet his mom someday and does too, to find her a wonderful person after all	$19.95
	SARDARI BEGUM* Amrish Puri, Kiron Kher, Rajit Kapoor, Smriti Mishra, Rajeshwari In the old city of Delhi, off Chandni Chowk, lives a once famous thumri singer Sardari Begum. She has retired and wants the tradition to continue through her daughter Sakina. One evening, a shirmish breaks out in the neighbourhood and Sardari is killed in an accidental stone missile. Due to tension of the forthcoming elections, her funeral becomes a media event. A repoter Tehzeeb Abbasi is sent by the editor Mark D'Cruz to cover the funeral. Tehzeeb was shocked to see her father Jabbar Abbasi among the mourners; and that Sardari Begum was his sister. She had been disowned by the family for learning music from a courtesan. Due to her passion for music, she ran away from home and ended up as a mistress of a local landlord, and later led a life as a successful singer. Intrigued with her aunt's history, Tehzeeb sets out to collect material from people who were close to Sardari Begum. She discovers in Sardari's chequered life a startling parallel with her own predicament. As the film ends, Sakina goes back to her singing. Tehzeeb breaks away from Mark. Life continues as it always has. But something has changed.	$19.95
	SEDUCING MAARYA (English version) (NR) Nandana Sen (as Maarya), Mohan Agase, Cas Anwar, Ryan Holliman and Vijay Mehta In Seducing Maarya, a recently widowed Indo-Montrealer (Mohan Agase) finds Maarya (Nandana Sen), the "perfect" girl for his Canadian born gay son Vijay Mehta). After the hastily arranged marriage, he discovers that the home fire is not burning as it should so he decides to teach his son the traditional art of "seducing" and falling in love with one's wife. Instead of his son winning Maarya's heart, however, the widower winds up falling head over heels in love with her. Before long a dark family secret is revealed that makes everyone question who Maarya really is and is she that "perfect" girl? Treated with equal measure tragedy and comedy, religious, cultural and sexual taboos explode in this examination between old world values and new world sensibilities.	$26.95
	SHAKTHI - THE POWER* (Hindi DVD w/English subtitles $24.95) Karishma Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Deepti Naval, Aishwarya Rai, Shahrukh Khan Nandini lives in a picturesque suburb of Los Angeles, with her bachelor uncles, who have dedicated their lives to bring her up in a sheltered, loving and pampered environment, She is beautiful , loving and intelligent young lady, though a trifle spoilt. Nandini meets and falls in love with Shekhar - a self made man, without a family - Who's been in the US for six years. Nandini and Shekhar marry and soon have a son. Everything is perfect and happy for three years after their marriage, when one day Shekhar reveals to Nandini that he has a mother as well as a powerful and violent father back in India. who has been at war with another family for several generations The DVD is being released as a double disc. The second disc has the following features: · 30 songs from movies of Boney Kapoor · Making of Shakti · Making of the song, Ishq Kamina · Forth coming Bollywood Films.	Now Shipping 2-DVD Edition $24.95
	*SILSIILAY (Introduced by Shahrukh Khan) Tabu, Bhumika Chawla, Celina Jaitley, Riya Sen, Natassha, Divya Dutta, Rahul Bose, Jimmy Shergill, Ashmit Patel, K.K., Karan Panthaky, Shahrukh Khan** Silsiilay is an upbeat and entertaining look at relationships. Strong on drama and emotional content, the film has a frontline ensemble of acting talent and the best technicians of India, including the National Awards winning cinematographer Santosh Shivan, sound designer Rakesh Ranjan and editor A. Sreekar Prasad. Silsiilay narrates the stories of three women portrayed by Tabu, Bhumika Chawla and Riya Sen. Tabu enacts the role of a housewife who must confront the fact that her husband is being unfaithful to her. The husband is enacted by the upcoming actor K.K.Menon while Celina Jetley plays the third end of the tempestuous triangle. Bhumika Chawla portrays a fast-rising bollywood actress whose live-in relationship is about to break-up with the man who groomed her for a film career, Rahul Bose plays the part of the mentor, while Divya Dutta features in a pivotal supporting role. Riya Sen plays a telephone receptionist who longs to discover tenderness in her relationship with a wealthy suitor, enacted by Ashmit Patel. Meanwhile, her office colleague, Jimmy Shergil, loves her silently. The working girl must decide between the two in a romantic finale, which has a twist in the tale. Nataasha features in an impactful role. The three stories are weaved into a composite picture, with the women coming together in an act of solidarity.	$19.95
	SINS - CRIMES OF PASSIONS* Shiney Ahuja, Seema Rahmani, Uttara Baokar & Nitesh Pandey The story begins in mid-seventies Kerala where William - in his late thirties, is a priest in the solitary church in a small coastal town. Rosemary, a young girl in her early twenties, who aspires to make a career in nursing, co-incidentally comes in contact with him. He helps her in getting admissions in chosen institutes and placements in rewarding jobs after completion of her training. Although initially he was just a benefactor to her, soon a deeper relationship ensues between them spurred by an accidental physicality when they end up making love. This results into a phase of deep guilt and self-persecution for both of them individually. William goes to the extent of traveling to distant places under changed identities and making confessions for his sins in front of priests not known to him. Likewise, Rosemary slides towards self-enforced isolation. But as is the wont of such relationships, they are not able to keep away from each other too long and end up colliding again, sexually and emotionally. They become lovers. However, it remains a clandestine affair because the call of the ecclesiastical order expected William to remain a celibate
	*SUJATA (BIMAL ROY'S AWARD WINNING CLASSIC - 1959)** One of Bimal Roy's most poignantly memorable films winning him the Filmfare Award, Sujata is the story of youth daring conventions. Upendra Chaudhry (Tarun Bose) and his wife Charu (Sulochna) have only one child, a daughter - Rama (Shashikala). But a severe cholera epidemic brings another child to their home - a baby girl who had lost both her parents in the epidemic. Giribala (Lalita Pawar), a family friend with conservative views is horrified at the couple harboring an untouchable under the same roof. Under her duress, Upendra and Charu try to find a home for the child, but the cholera epidemic has given away what is left of her people. So the child, a sweet, lovable, gentle girl called Sujata grows up in Upendra's home with Rama, like two daughters of the same family. But Upendra retires and returns to his hometown, Sujata is made painfully aware that she's an outsider. Giribala, not the least mellowed with the years, hopes to marry her grandson Adhir (Sunil Dutt) with Rama. Meanwhile, Adhir becomes a regular visitor to Upendra's house and falls in love with Sujata who also reciprocates the same. Their joy is however short-lived, Sujata discovers that her foster parents are planning Adhir's marriage with Rama. How will Sujata choose between the ones who give her life and the love that is her life? Nutan in one of her finest performances of her career that won her Filmfare Award in 1959. S.D. Burman, Bimal Roy's favorite composer, underlines the haunting beauty of this film with evergreen greats like "Sun Mere Bandhu Re", "Jalte Hai Jiske Liye", "Tum Jiyo Hazaron Saal" and "Bachpan Ke Din".
	TAPPISH Ellora Patnaik, Tara Deshpande, Praveen Dabas Tapish, the story of Lajwanti (Ellora Patnaik) who boldly questions imposed widowhood. It raises the question that in this era of modernization how much have we actually advanced and how much of it is fake imitation of the west. Lajwanti, fondly called Lajji is a 20 year old girl from a middle class family from Bikaner. She stays with a top model Namrata (Tara Deshpande). Namrata leads a carefree life and has a live-in-relationship with another top model Vicky (Praveen Dabas). Lajji agrees to discontinue her studies in order to marry a brilliant man, Deodhar (Avinash) as per the wishes of her parents. Unfortunately, Deodhar dies on the very night of the wedding, and Lajji's compelled to lead the life of a widow. One day her brother-in-law (Pankaj Berry) tries to seduce her, and Lajji decides to return to her parents. Her parents accept her, but discriminate her as a widow. Namrata comes to meet Lajji and brings her back to Mumbai to start life afresh. In Mumbai, Lajji finds a good job and a nice friend Rahul (Bobby Poonia). Rahul, a street play actor comes from a business family. He gets involved with Lajji. Soon Namrata and Vicky marry and they take Lajji and Rahul along with them for their honeymoon. During this trip, Rahul proposes to Lajji, who reveals her past to him. Shocked at her story, Rahul quits. Namrata is disgusted with Rahul's attitude. Rahul loves Lajji but is sure his family will not accept her. Will he or won't he marry Lajji? Will Lajji be ready to accept him after his initial hesitation? The answer to these questions can be found in TAPISH.	$19.95
	TEHZEEB* तह्ज़ीब Shabana Azmi, Urmila Matondkar, Arjun Rampal, Diya Mirza, Rishi Kapoor, Namrata Shirodkar, Diana Hayden The film calls for a bond of trust and love in every home and explores the concept of a working mother who is completely career-motivated. Throughout the emphasis is on making a film that is sensible and entertaining, cast completely in the format of a high voltage emotional thriller. Six songs have been integrated into the plot besides several essential touches of humour and glamour. The aim is to shoot the entire film in a span of two months at a stretch and release the film by mid-2003. The story, screenplay and direction are by Khalid Mohamed (who directed Fiza and wrote Zubeida). The cinematography is by India’s leading cinematography Santosh Sivan, the set designs by the award-winning Sarmishtha Roy, editing by A. Sreekar Prasad and the music by A.R. Rehman with lyrics by Javed Akhtar	$22.95
	TRISHAGNI* Nana Patekar, Palavi Joshi, Alok Nath, Nitish Bhardwaj The Buddhist town of Sariput, in a Central Asian desert, is struck by a fierce sand storm sometime in the first century BC. When the storm is over, the town has disappeared, except for part of a Buddhist monastery, two Buddhist monks and two little children-a boy and a girl whom they stumble upon in the wilderness and decide to raise them. The monks are Pitthumitta, the older, compassionate one, and Uchanda, younger and harsh. They name the boy Nirvana, the girl, Iti, and start again with their austere lives. Twenty years later, the monastery is humming again, the two monks are still devoted to the pursuit of truth and happiness, and Nirvana and Iti have grown into two full-blooded, young-people. Respectful of the monastic life, Nirvana and Iti are still vulnerable to the passions to feel guilty and Uchanda has cause to feel furious, a hidden cause over which he vainly struggles to have control. Through Uchanda, false-hood and deceit enter the monastery. It is time for another devastating and storm.	$21.95
	UTSAV* Shashi Kapoor, Rekha, Shekhar Suman, Amjad Khan, Anuradha Patel Based on the 6th century A.D. Sanskrit play "The Golden Toy Chariot" by the famous Indian playwright Bhasa, "Utsav" faithfully follows Bhasa's story-line. Vasantasena, a courtesan who dances at the King Palaka's court hides in Charudatta's house while running away from the amorous attentions of the king's brother-in-law. She falls in love with Charudatta, though he is married and penniless. They have an affair. Meanwhile, the rightful heir to the throne - King Palaka's brother - escapes from prison. The king's brother-in-law strangles Vasantasena when she refuses to submit to him and leaves her for dead and Charudatta is arrested for her murder. What happens to him and the other characters constitutes the final part of the film.	$21.95
	ZUBEIDAA* - Directed by Shyam Benegal Karishma Kapoor in Award Winning role of Zubeidaa with Rekha, Manoj Bajpai, Rajit Kapur, Surekha Sikri-Rege, Amrish Puri, Farida Jalal, Shakti Kapoor, Lilette Dubey, Ravi Jhankal, Smriti Mishra, S.M. Zaheer, Harish Patel, Seema Bhargava, Parzaan Dastur, Devendra Malhotra, Kiran Rathore, Raj Dedhia Zubeidaa is a story of a young man Riyaz's (Rajit Kapur) quest to recover the memory of his mother Zubeidaa (Karisma Kapoor), a mother he never knew. Brought up by his grandmother from the age of three, all knowledge of his mother was kept away from him. Troubled by the scant knowledge he has of his mother, Riyaz sets about trying to piece together her life from the memories of those who knew her. Extremely talented and beautiful, Zubeidaa is the only daughter of Suleman Seth (Amrish Puri), a film producer in Mumbai. Zubeidaa's dreams and aspirations are never on her father's priority list. Zubeidaa's happiness more often than not, falls victim to her father's completely unjustified domination over her life. Suleman Seth is instrumental in cutting short her burning ambition of becoming a film actress. Suleman Seth is also responsible for giving Zubeidaa the biggest jolt of her life by forcibly getting her married to a boy whom she does not even know properly, leave alone liking him. The repercussions of this inconsetious are severe and as far as Zubeidaa is concerned the mental agony born out of this forced wedlock appears almost intolerable. Behind every dark cloud lies a silver lining, they say and this is exactly what happens in Zubeidaa's life. Her life takes a turn for the better and life a whiff of fresh air, romance makes unexpected entrance in her life in the form of Maharaja Vijayendra Singh (Manoj Bajpai). Sparks fly and both fall head over heels in love but this so-called path of love is not devoid of social thorns. Does Zubeidaa succeed in overcoming the various obstacles presented by the narrow-minded society? The answer lies in viewing the passionate love story of a vivacious, impulsive and daring young woman who defies all odds and conventions in order to live life on her own terms in 'Zubeidaa' - an unusual love tale of a truly unique woman

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