Synopsis

Ghazala (Shabana Azmi) has been married to Munirmiya (Srivallabh Vyas) for several years, and has given birth to a daughter, Salma (Rajeshwari Sachdev) Munir is unhappy that Ghazala has been unable to bear him any sons, and is forced to face his abuse, and then is subsequently thrown out of the house, in order to make way for him to marry again; Hasina (Surekha Sigri-Rege) is Ghazala's mom, married at a very young age, to an older man, faces the risk of cancer of the uterus; Educated, Arrogant and god-fearing Afsana (Nandita Das) has three children, and is upset with her spouse, Khurshid (Rajit Kapur), Hasina's son, for undergoing a vasectomy, and leaves him; Najma (Alka Trivedi) is an uneducated housewife, having given birth to seven children, five of whom have died so far due to malnutrition, and is the wife of Khaleej, Hasina's older son; Salma is the daughter of Ghazala, who is expected to marry at an early age, to a much older man, as there is no point in her undergoing further education, mainly due to her dad abandoning her.
Starring
Shabana Azmi, Rajit Kapoor, Rajeshwari Sachdev, more..
Director
Shyam Benegal
Language
Hindi
Genre
Release Date
Sat Jan, 01 2000

Cast Overview

Shabana Azmi
... Ghazala
Rajit Kapoor
... Khurshid
Rajeshwari Sachdev
... Salma
Surekha Sikri
... Hasina
Nandita Das
... Afsana

Crew Overview

Anil Pandit
... executive producer
Raj Pius
... executive producer
Priya Chandrasekar
... screenplay
Shama Zaidi
... dialogue
Shama Zaidi
... screenplay