Rukmavati Ki Haveli

Rukmavati Ki Haveli
Directed by	Govind Nihalani
Written by	Federico García Lorca (play) Govind Nihalani (screenplay)
Starring	Uttara Baokar, Ila Arun, Kitu Gidwani, Jyoti Subhash, Pallavi Joshi, Sohaila Kapur, Suneeta Sengupta.
Cinematography	Govind Nihalani
Music by	Ila Arun
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Rukmavati Ki Haveli (1991) (Hindi: रुक्मावती की हवेली; English: Rukmavati's Mansion) is an Indian feature film.

The film is directed by Govind Nihalani and is based on Federico Garcia Lorca's Spanish play The House of Bernarda Alba. The screenplay is written by Nihalani himself.

Plot

Nihalani's screenplay transports Lorca's Spanish setting on to a Rajasthan village. Rukmavati, a domineering matriarch has five daughters Savitri, Damayanti, Chandra, Mumal and Padma, all unmarried. The domineering woman has inexorable control over her daughters placing them all in a repressive setting where they don't have any social life of their own outside their home. The frustrated and angry daughters respond in their individual ways to their mother's cruelty leading to a tragic ending.

Nahar Singh starts courting the eldest daughter Savitri but the youngest daughter Padma falls in love with him. He also responds to her. This makes Mumal jealous of her. One night as Padma goes out with Nahar, Mumal follows them leading to a confrontation. Rukmavati fires at Nahar. Padma commits suicide. Rukmavati, shaken but unbending still, has only to say, "My daughter died a virgin."

Awards

Ajay Munjal and A.M. Padmanabhan won the 39th National Film Award for best audiography and Samir Chanda for best art direction for the film.

Cast of characters

• Uttara Baokar
• Ila Arun
• Kitu Gidwani
• Pallavi Joshi
• Jyoti Subhash
• Sohaila Kapur
• Suneeta Sengupta

External links

• Rukmavati Ki Haveli on IMDb