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Lajja

Lajja

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 19, 2001

Runtime

2h 45m

Genres

Drama

User Score

70%

Original Title

लज्जा

Director

Rajkumar Santoshi

Description

Vaidehi (Manisha Koirala) gets married to Raghuvir (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 Mythili (Mahima Chaudhury) a bride-to-be, Janaki (Madhuri Dixit) a theatre artist and Ramdulari (Rekha) a village midwife - all of whom are victims of male chauvinism. They however refuse to be put down and fight for their rights.