Mrityudand (1997)

Original title

Mrityudand : Death Sentence

Directed by

Prakash Jha

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 30m

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

In rural Bihar, women face harsh oppression from powerful men. A series of events forces them to confront and resist the cycle of abuse and injustice.

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What happens

Mrityudand (transl. Death penalty) is an Indian Hindi drama film released in 1997. It was directed and produced by Prakash Jha and stars Madhuri Dixit, Shabana Azmi, Ayub Khan, Mohan Agashe and Om Puri. The film is a commentary on social and gender injustice. As with his other movies, Jha focuses on the social problems of his native state of Bihar, and Mrityudand straddles the boundary between artistic and commercial films. It includes semi-classical music, tuned by Anand–Milind and Raghunath Seth and worded by Javed Akhtar. The film was critically acclaimed and is considered to be one of Dixit's best performances. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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