Rui Ka Bojh (1997)

Original title

रुई का बोझ

Directed by

Subhash Agrawal

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

1h 57m

Rating

8.8 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family struggles with the emotional and practical weight of a long-kept secret. The film follows the impact of this burden on three people living in a rural Indian household.

slow-burnmelancholicthoughtfulpoignantgroundedintimaterestrainedbittersweet

What happens

Rui Ka Bojh (The Weight of Cotton) is a 1997 Hindi drama film directed by Subhash Agarwal, based on Chandra Kishore Jaiswal's novel Gawah Ghair Hazir with Pankaj Kapoor, Reema Lagoo and Raghubir Yadav in lead roles. In 2013, to commemorate 100 years of Indian cinema, National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) released a digitally re-mastered print of the film under "Cinemas of India" label. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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