Umrao Jaan (2006) more movies like this

directed by J.P. Dutta
featuring Shabana Azmi, Sunil Shetty, Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, Kulbhushan Kharbanda

A young courtesan kidnapped from her home and sold into slavery ultimately transcends her grim fate in director J.P. Dutta's adaptation of author Mirza Haadi Ruswa's classic 1905 novel. Previously adapted for the screen to great acclaim in 1981, Ruswa's novel tells the story of a middle class girl kidnapped by a habitual offender who had been ...

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Mandi (1983) more movies like this

directed by Shyam Benegal
featuring Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Saeed Jaffrey, Kulbhushan Kharbanda

With songs and musical numbers that are woven through the storyline, this unevenly-paced drama is about a brothel that has been an institution in a small town for a very long time. The women entertain the local clients with suggestive songs and dances and are not the type of prostitutes that ply their trade in New York City, for example. ...

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Jodhaa Akbar (2008) more movies like this

directed by Ashutosh Gowariker
featuring Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Punam Sinha, Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Ashutosh Gowariker's epic historical romance Jodhaa Akbar tells the story of how the Mughal emperor Akbar found his match in the princess he marries for political reasons. In order to convince the Rajputs that he was worthy of their fealty, the shrewd leader Akbar marries their princess, Jodhaa. Soon he develops true feeling for the woman, who ...

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Nishant (1975) more movies like this

directed by Shyam Benegal
featuring Girish Karnad, Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil, Amrish Puri, Kulbhushan Kharbanda

In India in 1945, at the time of independence, there were many isolated semi-autonomous states, which had their own laws. In this movie, a man whose wife is abducted by the rulers of such a region seeks to have the men prosecuted for their crime, but no one will help him. Meanwhile, the wife, abused and berated by her abductors, cannot bring ...

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Chakra (1980) more movies like this

directed by Rabindra Dharmaraj
featuring Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Ranjit Chowdhry

Amma (Smita Patil) is a woman who has been raped and then forced to flee her home with her husband and child after her husband kills the rapist. Her life plunges even lower in the overwhelming and crowded city when her husband, in turn, is killed by smugglers. Left alone to fend for herself and her little boy, she desperately tries to instill ...

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