RUDAALI KALPANA LAJMI

  • INDIA

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  • HINDI

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  • 1993

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  • 128 mins

In a desert village in Rajasthan, Shanichari is a woman cursed by a lifetime of misfortune who is unable to shed a single tear. When she is mentored by a veteran "Rudaali", a professional mourner hired to weep at funerals of the elite, she eventually confronts her suppressed grief and finds her voice through a tragic personal revelation.

ರಾಜಸ್ಥಾನದ ಮರುಭೂಮಿಯ ಹಳ್ಳಿಯೊಂದರಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸಿಸುವ ಶನಿಚರಿ ಎಂಬ ಮಹಿಳೆ, ಜೀವನವಿಡೀ ದುರದೃಷ್ಟವನ್ನೇ ಬೆನ್ನತ್ತಿದವಳು. ಎಷ್ಟೇ ಕಷ್ಟಗಳು ಬಂದರೂ ಅವಳ ಕಣ್ಣಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ಹನಿಯೂ ನೀರು ಬರುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಅಂತ್ಯಕ್ರಿಯೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹಣಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಅಳುವ ವೃತ್ತಿಪರ 'ರುದಾಲಿ'ಯೊಬ್ಬಳ ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶನ ಸಿಕ್ಕಾಗ, ಶನಿಚರಿ ತನ್ನ ಮನದಾಳದಲ್ಲಿ ಹತ್ತಿಕ್ಕಿದ್ದ ದುಃಖವನ್ನು ಎದುರಿಸುತ್ತಾಳೆ. ಅಂತಿಮವಾಗಿ ತನ್ನ ಜೀವನದ ಒಂದು ಕಹಿ ಸತ್ಯದ ಅರಿವಾದಾಗ, ಅವಳ ಮೌನ ಕರಗಿ ಆಕ್ರಂದನವಾಗಿ ಹೊರಬರುತ್ತದೆ.

Producer(s) or Production Company :

Ravi Gupta, Ravi Malik

Screenplay :

Gulzar, Kalpana Lazmi, Mahasweta Devi

Director of Photography :

Santosh Sivan, Dharam Gulati

Editor :

Bhanudas Divkar

Music :

Bhupen Hazarika

Sound :

Narendra Singh, P. Devadas

Cast :

Dimple Kapadia, Rakhee Gulzar, Raj Babbar, Amjad Khan, Raghubir Yadav, Sushmita Mukherjee, Manohar Singh, Mita Vasisht, Ravi Jhankal.

Awards - Winner :

National Film Awards (Best Actress, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design). 38th Asia-Pacific FF (Best Music Director, Best Actress).

Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection :

38th Asia-Pacific FF, 8th Damascus IFF.

Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer Kalpana Lajmi (1954–2018) was a pioneer of realistic, women-centric parallel cinema. A protégé of Shyam Benegal, she debuted with the documentary D.G. MOVIE PIONEER before gaining acclaim for her feature EK PAL (1986). She is best known for the National Award-winning RUDAALI (1993) and the critically acclaimed DAMAN (2001), Her work on RUDAALI earned global acclaim, including the FIPRESCI Prize at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. Throughout her career, she received multiple National Film Awards and was a significant contributor to the discourse on feminist aesthetics in Indian cinema.