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Lajja 2001 Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi लज्जा

When Tears Stop... A Revolution Begins

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.

Country India
Production Country India
Language Hindi
Spoken Language Hindi
Gnere Drama
Release Date 19 September 2001
185 mins
Cast
Rekha Ramdulaari
Gulshan Grover Virender
Rohini Hattangadi Mrs. Hazarilal
Farida Jalal Mrs. Saroj
Tinnu Anand Purshotam
Samir Soni Manish
Suresh Oberoi Raghu's dad
Govind Namdeo Hazarilal
Aanjjan Srivastav Nekchand (Maithili's dad)
Crew
Director