Lajja (film)

Lajja (meaning shame ) is a Bollywood film, which criticizes the social status of Indian women dominating men in a society.

Action

The Indian lives Vaidehi me her husband Raghu in New York. Their unhappy marriage is marked by the beating and cheating her husband. Eventually you will be all too much and they fly to their homes in India. There, she learns of Raghu's accident, which remains impotent from now on. You on the other hand bears his child in the womb - the only one he will ever have. That's why he wants to get and drives Vaidehi so to escape.

So Vaidehi lands at several places in India where women fight for their rights. She learns the fates of three women know that must also suffer humility, violence and oppression on the part of men:

  • Maithili, the bride who has to fear the altar are to be left because her father the excessive dowry demands can not pay.
  • Janki, a radical feminist who simply want to live their lives and not one which is determined by others.
  • Ramdulhari, the healer of a small village that is being terrorized by women -hating brothers.

Background

The idea of ​​the film director Rajkumar came through reading a newspaper article, which had been reported by an incident in a village near Kanpur in North India in July 1999. Here is a niedrigkastige woman was raped and burned to death in their home. Their crime? Her son was in relation to a höherkastigen girl. " At first I thought ," said Santoshi, "that these things happen only in villages. Then I realized that they are universal. Whether it is a village or a big city in India or New York, all women have to fight for their rights. " Thus Santoshi sets his film under the great motto: " When the tears stop, start a revolution. " Predictably, the film sparked criticism in India. First, a court in Chennai tried to stop its publication under the pretext of re payment of outstanding loans. Then charged workers of the Hindu party " BJP " in Bhopal protest against "offensive dialogues " against Hindu gods and goddesses.

Music

This and That

  • Sonali Bendre and Urmila Matondkar appear as dancers in the songs of Mujhe Saajan Ke Ghar Jaana Hai Aa Hi Jaiye and.

Awards

Zee Cine Award:

  • Zee Cine Award / Best Supporting Actress on Madhuri Dixit

Nominations:

Zee Cine Award:

  • Zee Cine Award / Best Supporting Actress at Rekha
  • Zee Cine Award / Best Supporting Actor on Ajay Devgan

Filmfare Award 2002:

  • Filmfare Award / Best Supporting Actress on Madhuri Dixit
  • Filmfare Award / Best Supporting Actress at Rekha
  • Filmfare Award / Best Supporting Actor on Ajay Devgan

International Indian Film Academy Award:

  • IIFA Award / Best Supporting Actress on Madhuri Dixit
  • IIFA Award / Best Supporting Actress at Rekha

Star Screen Award:

  • Star Screen Award / Best Supporting Actress on Madhuri Dixit
  • Star Screen Award / Best Supporting Actress at Rekha
  • Star Screen Award / Best Rajkumar Santoshi dialog and Ranjit Kapoor
  • Star Screen Award / Best Choreography Ganesh Acharya at for the song Badi Mushkil
  • Star Screen Award / Best Stunt Director at Bhiku Verma and Pappu Verma
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