Lajja

Lajja

165 mins | Drama | Sept. 19, 2001

Vaidehi (Manisha Koirala) gets married to Raghuvir (Jackie Shroff), an NRI. Suffering the agony of an unhappy marriage, she decides to run away from him when she learns that she is pregnant and he wants to take the child away from her. In her pursuit for freedom, she meets Mythili (Mahima Chaudhury) a bride-to-be, Janaki (Madhuri Dixit) a theatre artist and Ramdulari (Rekha) a village midwife - all of whom are victims of male chauvinism. They however refuse to be put down and fight for their rights.

Lajja

165 mins | Drama | Sept. 19, 2001

Lajja
Vaidehi (Manisha Koirala) gets married to Raghuvir (Jackie Shroff), an NRI. Suffering the agony of an unhappy marriage, she decides to run away from him when she learns that she is pregnant and he wants to take the child away from her. In her pursuit for freedom, she meets Mythili (Mahima Chaudhury) a bride-to-be, Janaki (Madhuri Dixit) a theatre artist and Ramdulari (Rekha) a village midwife - all of whom are victims of male chauvinism. They however refuse to be put down and fight for their rights.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers
Original title Lajja
Directors Rajkumar Santoshi
Writers

Cast

Rekha

as Ramdulaari

Anil Kapoor

as Raju

Jackie Shroff

as Raghu

Madhuri Dixit

as Janki

Ajay Devgn

as Bulwa

Manisha Koirala

as Vaidehi

Mahima Chaudhry

as Maithili

Gulshan Grover

as Virender

Rohini Hattangadi

as Mrs. Hazarilal

Farida Jalal

as Mrs. Saroj

Tinnu Anand

as Purshotam

Samir Soni

as Manish

Suresh Oberoi

as Raghu's dad

Govind Namdeo

as Hazarilal

Aanjjan Srivastav

as Nekchand (Maithili's dad)