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Lajja (film)

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{{short description|2001 film by Rajkumar Santoshi}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Lajja
| image = Lajja_poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Rajkumar Santoshi]]
| producer = Rajkumar Santoshi
| writer = {{ubl|Ranjit Kapoor|Rajkumar Santoshi (Dialogues)}}
| story = {{ubl|Rajkumar Santoshi|[[Ram (director)|Ram]] (uncredited)}}
| screenplay = {{ubl|Ashok Rawat|Rajkumar Santoshi}}
| starring = {{ubl|[[Manisha Koirala]]|[[Madhuri Dixit]]|[[Jackie Shroff]]|[[Anil Kapoor]]|[[Aarti Chabria]]|[[Mahima Chaudhry]]|[[Rekha]]|[[Sharman Joshi]]|[[Ajay Devgn]]}}
| music = '''Songs:''' [[Anu Malik]] (6 songs) [[Ilaiyaraaja]] (1 song) '''Background score:''' [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cinematography = [[Madhu Ambat]]
| editing = V. N. Mayekar
| studio = Santoshi Productions
| distributor = [[Eros International]] (Worldwide)
| narrator = [[Bharat Shah]]
| released = {{film date|df=yes|2001|08|31}}
| runtime = 202 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INRConvert|22|c}}<ref name=ibos>{{cite web |url=http://ibosnetwork.com/asp/filmbodetails.asp?id=Lajja |title=Lajja – Starcast |publisher=IBoS Network }}</ref>
| gross = {{INRConvert|28|c}}<ref name=ibos/>
}}

'''''Lajja''''' ({{Translation|Shame}}) is a [[Bollywood films of 2001|2001]] Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[crime film|crime]] [[drama film]] produced and directed by [[Rajkumar Santoshi]]. Based on the plight of women and [[feminism]] in India, the film satirizes the honor with which women are placed in society and the restrictions imposed on them. The fact that the names of four women (Maithili, Janki, Ramdulaari, and Vaidehi) are all versions of [[Sita]], the ideal Hindu woman's name, is a message in itself.

The film features [[Manisha Koirala]] in the lead role as Vaidehi, the mistreated woman, while an ensemble cast of [[Rekha]], [[Anil Kapoor]], [[Madhuri Dixit]], [[Ajay Devgn]], [[Jackie Shroff]], [[Mahima Chaudhry]], [[Johnny Lever]], [[Suresh Oberoi]], [[Sharman Joshi]], [[Danny Dengzongpa]], [[Razak Khan]], [[Gulshan Grover]] and [[Aarti Chhabria]] appear in supporting roles.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|title=Lajja (2001) - IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293342/|language=en-US|access-date=2021-08-05}}</ref> The film failed commercially in India<ref>{{cite web |title=Box Office 2001 |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=207&catName=MjAwMQ== |publisher=Boxofficeindia.com |access-date=1 July 2011|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023171325/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=207&catName=MjAwMQ%3D%3D |archive-date=23 October 2013 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> but was a major commercial success in the overseas.<ref name="rediff1">{{cite web |title=Lajja's a hit overseas |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2001/sep/08raj.htm |publisher=[[Rediff]] |access-date=1 July 2011 |author=Arthur J Pais |date=8 September 2001}}</ref>

At the [[47th Filmfare Awards]], the film was nominated for 3 awards, including [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] for Devgn, and [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] for Rekha and Dixit. The latter also received a nomination for the [[Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Female]] and eventually won it.

== Plot ==
Vaidehi is married to the rich Raghu. Outside, she has a sophisticated life but inside, Raghu is [[domestic violence|abusive]] and has [[infidelity|extramarital affairs]]. Later, she is banished from the household. She returns to her parents' house, but they reject her since Vaidehi running away from Raghu taints their family's reputation. She soon finds out she is pregnant.

Raghu gets into a car accident and is left impotent. Upon knowing Vaidehi's pregnancy, he calls her, faking remorse, and asks for her to return. She agrees, thinking Raghu has mended his ways. In reality, he and his father plot for the baby to become their heir and if Vaidehi intervenes, she will be killed. A friend informs Vaidehi of Raghu's true intentions and she escapes from his henchmen.

Raju, a petty but kindhearted thief helps Vaidehi, hears her story and gives her money from a recent heist to help. They gatecrash a wedding. Vaidehi meets the bride Maithili, a middle-class girl marrying the groom who is rich. The two see the groom's father harassing Maithili's father with demands for an opulent wedding which he is unaffordable and forcing him to pay [[dowry]], with his reputation in society being ruined if he fails.

Vaidehi tries to convince Raju to give Maithili's father his money from the heist. He refuses and is soon forced to escape as somebody has recognized him as a gatecrasher. Changing his mind, he returns to give his heist money to Vaidehi. The groom's friend attempts to rape Maithili but is stopped. One of the guests recognizes the heist money which Raju had stolen from him.

Moreover, the groom's friend tells the groom's family that he spotted Raju in Maithili's room. She is accused of sexual relations with him in return for money, which leads Raju to publicly acknowledge his theft. Maithili insults the groom's family, and they flee from the wedding. Raghu finds and forces Vaidehi into returning home. On the way, they encounter a protest mob. Raghu gets out to investigate thus giving Vaidehi a chance to escape.

Vaidehi arrives in a small town, Haripur and meets Janki, a theatre actress in love with her colleague. She is pregnant but not married, and doesn't care for society's norms. The older theatre director Purushottam lusts after Janki, but keeps his wife, Lata confined to their house. He badmouths Janki to her lover, creating a rift. Her lover asks her to abort the child as he suspects it isn't his, indirectly accusing Janki of sexual relations with Purushottam.

Outraged, Janki intentionally botches a scene during a performance of the ''[[Ramayan]]''. The angered audience assaults her, causing her to miscarry. Vaidehi confronts Purshottam, who threatens to call Raghu. However, Lata intervenes and puts her on a train at the railway station.
Vaidehi's train is robbed by bandits but Bhulwa, a local [[dacoit]] saves the passengers.

Vaidehi faints at the sight of blood. Bhulwa takes her to the local midwife Ramdulari who bravely opposes the village leaders Virendra and Gajendra as they exploit innocent women, young and old. Tensions escalate when Ramdulari's educated son Prakash, who tries to educate the villagers about what Virendra and Gajendra are doing, falls in love with Gajendra's daughter Sushma. Gajendra locks Ramdulaari in her house and sets out to find Prakash.

He also locks away Vaidehi in his home to be rewarded by Raghu by returning her to him. Prakash elopes with Sushma. Virendra and Gajendra rape and burn Ramdulari alive. Raged, Bhulwa and his army kill Virendra and his goons. Vaidehi escapes with Sushma and Prakash. Gajendra attempts to enter politics, so when he is applauded by the local authorities, Vaidehi intervenes and exposes him as a rapist and fraud.

She delivers a heart-wrenching speech how women are only treated as burdens to be married off by their families or ways to get dowry and male heirs by their in-laws. This drives all the women in the audience to assault Gajendra, whom Bhulwa kills. The speech changes Raghu's attitude for Vaidehi and he turns better. They return to [[New York City]].

Vaidehi gives birth to a daughter, named Ramdulari. She reunites with Raju, who is now a taxi driver married to Maithili. Vaidehi invites him to a charity dance show with Janki in the main role, wherein all the money from her shows goes to fund women's organizations in India.

==Cast==
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{{cast listing|
*[[Rekha]] as Ramdulari
*[[Madhuri Dixit]] as Janki
*[[Anil Kapoor]] as Raju
*[[Manisha Koirala]] as Vaidehi Chautala
*[[Ajay Devgn]] as Bhulwa
*[[Mahima Chaudhry]] as Maithili Rawat
*[[Jackie Shroff]] as Raghu Veer Chautala
*[[Danny Denzongpa]] as Gajendra Thakur
*[[Gulshan Grover]] as Virendra Thakur
*Nasirr Khan as Gullu
*[[Aarti Chhabria]] as Sushma Thakur, Gajendra's daughter
*[[Sharman Joshi]] as Prakash, Ramdulaari's son
*[[Beena Banerjee]] as Vaidehi's mother
*[[Suresh Oberoi]] as Raghuveer's father
*[[Johnny Lever]] as Fakhruddin, Raghuveer's stooge
*[[Razak Khan]] as Francis, Raghuveer's stooge
*[[Anjan Srivastav]] as Nekchand, Maithili's father
*[[Farida Jalal]] as Saroj, Maithili's mother
*[[Tinu Anand]] as Purshottam
*[[Jaya Bhattacharya]] as Lata
*[[Asrani]] as Gulab Chand
*[[Dina Pathak]] as Maithili's paternal aunt
*[[Govind Namdeo]] as Hazarilal
*[[Jagdeep]] as Bansidhar Chakkiwala (cameo)
*[[Ritu Shivpuri]] as Anita
*[[Rohini Hattangadi]] as Mrs. Hazarilal
*[[Viju Khote]] as Damodar, Brother-in-law of Hazarilal
*[[Ghanashyam Nayak]] as Tiku, Prompter at Purshottam Drama Company
*Suhas Bhalekar as member of Purshottam Drama Company
*[[Samir Soni]] as Manish
*[[Anupam Shyam]] as Pimp of Prostitute Girls
*[[Subrat Dutta]]
*[[Sonali Bendre]] as [[item number|Special Appearance]] in song "Saajan Ke Ghar Jaana Hai"
*[[Urmila Matondkar]] as [[item number|Special Appearance]] in song "Aaye Aajaye"
}}

==Music==
The songs were mainly composed by [[Anu Malik]]. [[A. R. Rahman]] was initially signed in as the composer; but then he opted out; after he got extremely busy with his international assignment, ''[[Bombay Dreams]]''.<ref>http://gopalhome.tripod.com/arrbio.html</ref> Then, the background score for the movie was done by [[Illayaraja]]. Lyrics of all songs were also written by [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]], except those of "Kaun Dagar Kaun Shehar", which were written by [[Prasoon Joshi]]. This song was also composed by Illayaraja and was sung by [[Lata Mangeshkar]]. According to the Indian trade website [[Box Office India]], with around 13,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's fifteenth highest-selling.<ref>{{cite web |title=Music Hits 2000–2009 (Figures in Units) |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=286&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215081557/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=286&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5&PHPSESSID=108b9056cd4ca14236f9c6119d34dcce |archive-date=15 February 2008 |publisher=[[Box Office India]]}}</ref>
{{Track listing
| headline = Songs
| extra_column = Singer
| title1 = Aaye Aajaye Aa Hi Jaiye
| lyrics1 = [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]]
| music1 = [[Anu Malik]]
| extra1 = [[Anuradha Sriram]]

| title2 = Badi Mushkil
| lyrics2 = [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]]
| music2 = [[Anu Malik]]
| extra2 = [[Alka Yagnik]]

| title3 = Jiyo Jiyo
| lyrics3 = [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]]
| music3 = [[Anu Malik]]
| extra3 = [[KK (singer)|K.K.]]

| title4 = Kaliyug Ki Sita
| lyrics4 = [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]]
| music4 = [[Anu Malik]]
| extra4 = [[Anuradha Paudwal]]

| title5 = Kaliyug Ki Sita
| note5 = II
| lyrics5 = [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]]
| music5 = [[Anu Malik]]
| extra5 = [[Shubha Mudgal]]

| title6 = Kaun Dagar Kaun Shehar
| lyrics6 = [[Prasoon Joshi]]
| music6 = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| extra6 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]]

| title7 = Saajan Ke Ghar Jana Hai
| lyrics7 = [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]]
| music7 = [[Anu Malik]]
| extra7 = [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Sonu Nigam]], [[Richa Sharma (singer)|Richa Sharma]]
}}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Award
! Nominee(s)
! Category
! Result
|-
| rowspan = "4"|2002
| rowspan = "3"|[[Filmfare Awards]]
| [[Ajay Devgn]]
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Rekha]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Madhuri Dixit]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Zee Cine Awards]]
| [[Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Female|Best Supporting Actress]]
| {{won}}
|-
|}

==Reviews==
The film received mixed reviews however the performances from the lead actors were highly praised.<ref>{{cite web |title=Film Review – Lajja |url=http://www.planetbollywood.com/Film/Lajja/ |publisher=Planet Bollywood |access-date=1 July 2011|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616182128/http://www.planetbollywood.com/Film/Lajja/ |archive-date=16 June 2011 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Bariana, Sanjeev Singh |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010902/cth2.htm#5 |title=Rekha, Madhuri, Manisha all the way |date=2 September 2001 |access-date=12 December 2011 |newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]}}</ref>

[[Bollywood Hungama]] gave a rating of two and half out of five stars and said "On the whole, Lajja is a purposeful film within commercial parameters and the best part is that the Indian masses will be able to identify with the goings-on. An enviable star cast, a talented director and an excellent second half are amongst its strong points."<ref>{{cite web |last=Adarsh |first=Taran |title=Lajja: Movie Review |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/review/6794/index.html |publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |access-date=1 July 2011 |date=29 August 2001}}</ref> ''[[The Hindu]]'' stated "Unfortunately, this colourful film is a black-and-white disappointment, particularly in the second half when Santoshi loses track of his story and in a blatant bid to get the tax-free certificate brings in bits about computer education, female literacy and infanticide.".<ref>{{cite web |title=Film Review: Lajja |url=http://hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2001/09/07/stories/09070223.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=1 July 2011 |date=7 September 2001}}</ref> The [[BBC]] gave a positive review saying "The film is well directed, excellent songs, although they should have had more realistic fights."<ref>{{cite web |last=Virdee |first=Jay |title=Lajja reviewed |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/entertainment/movies/2001_09/14/lajja_review.shtml |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=1 July 2011 |date=30 August 2001}}</ref>
ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/lajja-review-bollywood-pclukHibejcfj.html|title=Lajja|website=Sify}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2001/aug/31lajja.htm|title=rediff.com, Movies: The Lajja review|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref>

==Box office==
''Lajja'' failed commercially at the box office in India due to high budget and distribution price. However it tasted success overseas. It ranked 14th on the British box-office chart, according to the International Movie Database.<ref name="rediff1"/>

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0293342|Lajja}}

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Tanvi Dogra

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{{Short description|Indian actress}}
{{Infobox person
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| years_active = 2016–present
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'''Tanvi Dogra''' is an Indian television actress popular for her work as Falguni Purohit in [[Star Bharat]]'s ''[[Jiji Maa]]'' (2017–2019).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tanvi Dogra: I follow my Granny’s tips for skin care - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/tanvi-dogra-i-follow-my-grannys-tips-for-skin-care/articleshow/77909601.cms|access-date=2021-02-19|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

==Career==

Dogra started her acting career in television through [[Zee TV]]'s ''[[Meri Saasu Maa]]'' as Babita Akhilesh Sharma in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tanvi Dogra: I follow my Granny’s tips for skin care - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/tanvi-dogra-i-follow-my-grannys-tips-for-skin-care/articleshow/77909601.cms|access-date=2021-02-19|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

Her first major break turned out to be [[Star Bharat]]'s ''[[Jiji Maa]]'' in which she played the main lead Falguni Suyash Rawat.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ayub Khan and Tanvi Dogra out of 'Sarvagun Sampanna' - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/ayub-khan-and-tanvi-dogra-out-of-sarvagun-sampanna/articleshow/69838979.cms|access-date=2021-02-19|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> The series premiered in August 2017 and ended in February 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Santoshi Maa to go through extreme difficulties to express her affection for her devotee Swati - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/santoshi-maa-to-go-through-extreme-difficulties-to-express-her-affection-for-her-devotee-swati/articleshow/80709077.cms|access-date=2021-02-19|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

In 2019, she enacted the role of Kavya Kabir Mittal in the revenge thriller ''[[Ek Bhram Sarvagun Sampanna]]'' on [[Star Plus]] but she got ousted from the show dur to low trp of the show.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bureau|first=ABP News|date=2019-06-18|title=CONFIRMED! Zain Imam's 'Ek Bhram...Sarvagun Sampanna' heroine Tanvi Dogra LEAVES the show!|url=https://news.abplive.com/videos/confirmed-zain-imams-ek-bhramsarvagun-sampanna-heroine-tanvi-dogra-leaves-the-show-1015433|access-date=2021-02-19|website=ABP Live|language=en}}</ref>

In 2020 and 2021, she portrayed double role as Swati Indresh Mishra and Babli in [[&TV]]'s ''[[Santoshi Maa - Sunayein Vrat Kathayein|Santoshi Maa]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=admin|date=2019-12-09|title=Tanvi Dogra gets injured while shooting for 'Santoshi Maa'|url=https://news.abplive.com/videos/entertainment/tanvi-dogra-gets-injured-while-shooting-for-santoshi-maa-1121346|access-date=2021-02-19|website=ABP Live|language=en}}</ref>

== Television ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year !! Show !! Role !! Ref
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Meri Saasu Maa|Meri Sasu Maa]]'' || Babita || <ref>{{Cite web|title=Ayub Khan and Tanvi Dogra out of 'Sarvagun Sampanna' - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/ayub-khan-and-tanvi-dogra-out-of-sarvagun-sampanna/articleshow/69838979.cms|access-date=2021-02-19|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2017–19 || ''[[Jiji Maa]]'' || Falguni Purohit || <ref>{{Cite web|title=Santoshi Maa to go through extreme difficulties to express her affection for her devotee Swati - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/santoshi-maa-to-go-through-extreme-difficulties-to-express-her-affection-for-her-devotee-swati/articleshow/80709077.cms|access-date=2021-02-19|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2019 || ''[[Ek Bhram...Sarvagun Sampanna]]''|| Kavya Singhania ||<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bureau|first=ABP News|date=2019-06-18|title=CONFIRMED! Zain Imam's 'Ek Bhram...Sarvagun Sampanna' heroine Tanvi Dogra LEAVES the show!|url=https://news.abplive.com/videos/confirmed-zain-imams-ek-bhramsarvagun-sampanna-heroine-tanvi-dogra-leaves-the-show-1015433|access-date=2021-02-19|website=ABP Live|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2020–2021 || ''[[Santoshi Maa - Sunayein Vrat Kathayein]]''|| Swati Singh/Babli (Double Role)
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=admin|date=2019-12-09|title=Tanvi Dogra gets injured while shooting for 'Santoshi Maa'|url=https://news.abplive.com/videos/entertainment/tanvi-dogra-gets-injured-while-shooting-for-santoshi-maa-1121346|access-date=2021-02-19|website=ABP Live|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
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