Seepeeyan (1984)

Directed by

Akash Jain

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman attempts suicide after her boyfriend refuses to marry her. She is rescued by a man from a lower caste and marries him instead.

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What happens

Seepeeyan (transl. Oysters) is a 1984 Indian drama film produced and directed by Akash Jain. The film was edited by Venketesh Naik. The film revolves around a woman who plunges into a river after her boyfriend refused to marry her, but is saved by another man of inferior caste whom she marries. It stars Debashree Roy, Kanwaljit Singh and Om Puri in the leading roles. The music of the film was composed by Raghunath Seth. The film created ripples in the eighties due to its themes of pre-marital sex.The film received mixed reviews from the critics and was a hit at box office. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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