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Lajja...

Lajja

Movie Review: Lajja
Starring:
Manisha Koirala, Madhuri Dixit, Anil Kapoor, Mahima Chaudhary, Rekha, Ajay Devgan, Jackie
                 Shroff.
Guest Appearances: Urmila and Sonali Bendre 

Director:
Raj Kumar Santoshi
Producer: Raj Kumar Santoshi
Music: Anu Malik
Lyrics: Sameer  

Lajja is a story of woman subjugation.It is a story of four women and how they have been subjected to heinous treatment by men in various stages of life. The four main characters in the film have names of

Sita- Vaidehi (Manisha Koirala), Maithili (Mahima Chaudhary), Janki (Madhuri Dixit) and Ramdulaari (Rekha).
 
The story begins in U.S.A where Vaidehi is shown to be the wife an influential and affluent person Raghu (Jackie Shroff). Raghu happens to be a casanova and Vaidehi does not take long to discover this when she spots him with Ritu Shivpuri. Despite her ultimate best to make him see

sense and realize his duties for her, she is unable to succeed. She returns to India to her parents where of course she is not very welcomed. Meanwhile, Raghu meets with an accident and the outcome is his inability to bear a child in future. Simultaneously, he discovers about Vaidehi being pregnant and tries

his best to get her back by setting two companions of his. She tries to escape and in the process of doing so, meets women who are also subjected to injustice of various kinds and this forms the story of Lajja. The first woman she meets is Maithili on her wedding where she sees Maithili is very happy getting married to the man she loves. Here, she is saved by Raju (Anil Kapoor) from the cronies. Maithili on the day of her marriage sees the turmoil and humiliation her parents have to face for being unable to

arrange the dowry. She raises her voice against it and Vaidehi gives her company in her sad plight as the groom leaves the marriage pyre.
   
Vaidehi then lands up in Raju's village and is under the care of Purushottam (Tinu Anand) who is the head

of a drama company. Here she comes across Janki who happens to be an actress and works under Purushottam. Janki believes in leading life in her own unconventional way. She is pregnant bearing Manish's (Sameer Soni's) baby who is a member of the same artiste troupe that Janki is. She gets devastated when she hears a refusal from Manish to get married who suspects the baby is not his. This is when Janki raises her voice against injustice and in the process of doing so, loses her baby. Vaidehi again flees after Raghu tries to catch her. She gets into the train and encounters some

thieves and in the process of escaping lands up in a remote village.
 
Here she meets Ramdulaari a lady in her own strength. She happens to be a local doctor and trains the

women in the village to be independent and self sufficient. The problem arises when Ramdulaari's son falls in love with the village Zamindar, Gajendra's ( Danny Dengzonpa's) daughter. Needless to say, Gajendra and his brother Mahendra are the controllers of the village and villains.Vaidehi is shocked when the village Zamindars kill Ramdulaari for the mistake her son has committed. The fugitives are helped this time by Bulwa (Ajay Devgan), a dacoit who is against the Zamindars. Vaidehi finally exposes Gajendra in a felicitation ceremony and this is

when Raghu realises the strength of his wife. He decides to mend his ways. Well, the ending is as

dramatic as it is suspenseful.
   
All the characters in this film have given brilliant performances but it is Manisha who steals the show. Madhuri too has performed well. Rekha has given one of her best performances. The others are mostly in special appearances. Dialogues are heart-touching especially the ones by Ajay Devgan and Manisha at the end. Anil Kapoor as usual is quite competent. Jackie Shroff proves his talent in the negative role.

Danny , Gulshan Grover, Johny Lever and Tinu Anand have done justice to their roles. The script is indeed realistic and the choreography superb. Music by Anu Malik is good especially the numbers, "Aa hi jaaiye" by Urmila, " Badi mushkil baba badi mushkil" by Manisha and Madhuri and "Mujhe saajan ke ghar jaana hai" by Sonali Bendre. Well, the movie has its downers as well like it gets a bit too heavy without any comic relief at all and secondly it's length which exceeds three hours.

Overall, Lajja with it's brilliant script and star cast will touch audience heart without fail.

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