Uttara Baokar Movies
Designed as actress Madhuri Dixit's cinematic comeback, director Anil Mehta's upbeat musical tells the story of a theater actress who embarks on the most important decade of her life. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Madhuri Dixit, Konkona Sen Sharma, (more)
- 1998
Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukthankjar, who previously collaborated on Two Women (1996), directed this drama about AIDS in India where the number of HIV-infected is almost two million. The story interweaves plotlines featuring a slum dweller with AIDS, a Naval officer who has a car accident and gets a blood transfusion, and a doctor who traces the tainted blood to a corrupt blood-bank manager. Shown at the 1998 Mill Valley Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Om Puri, Mita Vashisht, (more)
- 1996
In this melodramatic East Indian tear-jerker aimed at women, two hard-working but poor sisters live in a small village in Maharashtra state. One of the sisters joyfully prepares for her wedding. Unfortunately, her happiness is short-lived as her groom and the whole bridal party has been killed in a terrible train wreck. The poor young woman is totally devastated and even more so when her neighbors and even her family call her a jinx and somehow blame her for the tragedy. To escape the gossip and trouble the daughter causes, her mother sends her to "visit a relative" in Bombay. Everyone knows that she really has sold the girl into a house of prostitution. Still she begins sending money home and this allows her sister to marry a young, socially conscious politician. Things go well until the banished sister angrily shows up. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
