Pradeep Sarkar's lavish melodrama about a dutiful daughter and the sacrifices she makes for her family recalls both golden-age Hollywood tales of moral sacrifice and redemption and the highly regarded 1995 Marathi-language film
Doghi.
Sisters Vibha (Rani Mukherjee) and Chutki Sahay (Konkona Sen Sharma) grow up in straightened circumstances in Varanasi, Benares — one of India's holiest cities — but their family is happy until a heartless uncle and cousin decide to repossess the house they've always lived in. The shock nearly kills their father, Shivshankar (Anupam Kher) — who has always lamented that he has no sons — and their mothe...
Released:
2007
Rated:
NR
Length:
140 mins