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Khap (2011)

Khap poster
Directed by
Ajai Sinha
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Rated
MA
Rating
3.5 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young couple from the same gotra face violent opposition from their families and community leaders. The story shows how a traditional village council can order killings to enforce its rules about marriage. It follows the couple's struggle against this system in northern India.

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What happens

Khap is a 2011 Hindi film starring Yuvika Chaudhary, Om Puri, Govind Namdev, Manoj Pahwa, and Mohnish Bahl. Directed by Ajai Sinha, the film is a socio-political drama based on the Manoj-Babli honour killing case and Khap Panchayats in villages of Haryana, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh, which order honour killing to prevent marriages within the same gotra. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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