Lajja(Movie, 2001)

Name: Lajja
Genre: Drama
Released: 2001
Duration: T02:45:00
Rating: 3.6

2h 45min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 3.6/5 (with 5 votes)

Lajja (transl. Shame) is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film produced and directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. Based on the plight of women and feminism in India, the film satirizes the honor with which women are placed in society and the restrictions imposed on them. The fact that the names of four women (Maithili, Janki, Ramdulaari, and Vaidehi) are all versions of Sita, the ideal Hindu woman's name, is a message in itself. It features Manisha Koirala in the lead role as Vaidehi, the mistreated woman, while an ensemble cast of Rekha, Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Ajay Devgn, Jackie Shroff, Mahima Chaudhry, Johnny Lever, S..."> ()

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Awards & Nominations for Lajja

Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Female nominated for: Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor nominated for: IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress nominated for: Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress nominated for: Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Male nominated for: Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Female

About Lajja

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.

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Trailer for Lajja + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Lajja (Official Promo) Madhuri Dixit | Manisha Koirala(Trailer, 1:38)

Additional Information

Production country: India

Original language: Hindi (HI)

Spoken languages: Hindi (HI)

Translated into 5 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 09/19/2001

Cast: Ajay Devgn, Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Madhuri Dixit, Mahima Chaudhry, Manisha Koirala, Rekhā, Tinnu Anand, Sameer Soni, Jagdeep, Dina Pathak, Amardeep Jha, Aarti Chhabria, Suresh Oberoi, Gulshan Grover, Aanjjan Srivastav, Rohini Hattangadi, Farida Jalal, Sharman Joshi, Govind Namdev

Narrator: Bharat Shah

Director: Rajkumar Santoshi

Producer: Rajkumar Santoshi

Screenwriter: Rajkumar Santoshi

Director of Photography: Madhu Ambat

Composer: Ilaiyaraaja, Anu Malik

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"लज्जा"

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Lajja(Movie, 2001)

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