Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa (1998)
- Original title
- हज़ार चौरासी की माँ
- Directed by
- Govind Nihalani
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- India
- Runtime
- 2h 32m
- Rated
- A
- Rating
- 7.9 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
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.
How it feels
A mother struggles to understand the life and death of her son, who was killed for his involvement in a radical political movement. The film follows her quiet investigation into his beliefs and the circumstances that led to his death.
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What happens
Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa (English: The Mother of 1084) is a 1998 Indian feature film that deals with the life of a woman who loses her son, a Naxalite, to the violence that is a result of his adopted ideology. The film is directed produced by Govind Nihalani and is based on Magsaysay and Jnanpith award recipient Mahasweta Devi's Bengali 1974 novel Hajar Churashir Maa. The screenplay is written by Nihalani and the dialogues by Tripurari Sharma. The film stars Jaya Bachchan, Anupam Kher, Milind Gunaji, Seema Biswas, Joy Sengupta and Nandita Das. It marks Jaya Bachchan's return to acting after a gap of 18 years. In 1998, Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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