Released Date:
2001-09-28
Languages:
Hindi
Countries:
India
Runtime:
150 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.7 (1564 Reviews)
Director:
Madhur BhandarkarMohan Azaad (dialogue)
Mohan Azaad (screenplay)
Madhur Bhandarkar
Masud Mirza (dialogue)
Mumtaz is a village girl whose family is killed in communal riots. She moves to Mumbai with her uncle, the only family member she has left. They are desperately poor and her uncle persuades her to become a bar girl at Chandni Bar. This is merely temporary, he promises, until he gets a job. Mumtaz is a shy girl who loathes the work, but she forces herself to dance and flirt. However, the uncle doesn't keep his promise; he lives on her earnings, drinking them away, and never gets a job. He adds one final, unforgivable crime to the list when he gets drunk and rapes her. By this time she has caught the eye of a gangster called Potiya Sawant. When she tells Potiya what her uncle did to her, Potiya decides to "defend her honor." Potiya shoots the uncle. Mumtaz, bereft of any male protection in the dangerous slums, marries Potiya. She is determined to make the best of things. She leaves the bar and stays home to raise her two children, whom she carefully protects from the world of prostitution and gangs. However, her world unravels again when Potiya is killed. She has to return to the bar to support her children. In the end, she cannot protect them from their sordid surroundings. Her son becomes a killer, her daughter becomes a bar dancer in her turn, and Mumtaz turns to prostitution in a tragic attempt to save her son.
Released Date:
2005-01-21
Languages:
Hindi, English
Countries:
India
Runtime:
139 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (4212 Reviews)
Director:
Madhur BhandarkarGenres:
DramaNina Arora (screenplay)
Madhur Bhandarkar (dialogue)
Sanjeev Dutta (dialogue)
Manoj Tyagi (screenplay)
'Page 3' takes a behind-the-scenes look at A-list celebrity lifestyles through the eyes of a female entertainment journalist. It explores the power-play between the rich and famous and the media. It is also the story of three girls trying to make a decent living in an indecent society.
Released Date:
2010-01-01
Languages:
Marathi
Countries:
India
Runtime:
127 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.9 (604 Reviews)
Director:
Ravi JadhavGenres:
DramaRavi Jadhav (screenplay)
Anand Yadav (novel)
Guna is a village labourer in the hinterlands of Maharashtra. Holding a passion for the 'tamasha' theatre shows, he decides to start his own troupe. Instead of the prestigious role of the king he always dreamed of, he ends up having to play a 'nachya', an effeminate, homosexual man. He goes ahead with the decision, which forever changes him and his family, as he ends up torn between his artistic passion and his societal prestige.
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