Zubeidaa (2001)

Original title

ज़ुबेदा

Directed by

Shyam Benegal

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 33m

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman from a troubled family marries a prince and becomes a famous actress. The film follows her life, marriage, and eventual tragedy.

emotionalpoignantmelancholicbittersweetlayeredintimatevisually stylishunsentimental

What happens

Zubeidaa is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Shyam Benegal and written by Khalid Mohammed. It stars Karisma Kapoor, Rekha, Manoj Bajpayee, Surekha Sikri, Rajit Kapoor, Lillete Dubey, Amrish Puri, Farida Jalal, and Shakti Kapoor. A.R. Rahman scored the background music and soundtrack. Zubeidaa is the concluding chapter in a trilogy that began with Mammo (1994) and continued with Sardari Begum (1996). The film is based on the life of the ill-fated actress Zubeida Begum, who married Hanwant Singh of Jodhpur and was the mother of the film's writer, Khalid Mohamed. The film garnered the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi and won Karisma Kapoor a Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics). It is regarded by many critics as Kapoor's best performance (alongside Fiza where she also played the title role). The film was highly acclaimed and is regarded as of one of Benegal's best works blurring the lines of commercial and parallel cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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