Underplayed Gems

Divorce: Not Between Husband and Wife (2005)

Divorce: Not Between Husband and Wife poster
Directed by
M J Ramanan
Genre
drama film, coming-of-age film
Country
India
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

The film follows a woman navigating the consequences of a troubled marriage. It focuses on her personal struggles and the social pressures around divorce in a traditional Indian family.

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What happens

Divorce: Not Between Husband and Wife (aka Meri Bhi Suno or Divorcee) is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by M. J. Ramanan as his first feature project, starring Jackie Shroff, Tannishtha Chatterjee, and Rajendranath Zutshi. The film went into post-production in December 2004, and had limited theatrical release in 2005 in order to qualify for the National Film Awards, The film is awaiting wider theatrical release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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