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Rudaali (pronounced "roo-dah-lee"; transl. Female weeper) [a] is a 1993 Indian Hindi -language drama film directed by Kalpana Lajmi, written by Lajmi and Gulzar and based on a 1979 short story of the same name by Bengali author Mahasweta Devi.
Apr 10, 2017 · Rudaali, as a profession, sees the issues of gender, caste, class and economic stature intertwined. The abject poverty induced by the gender and caste they’re born into forces rudaalis...
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Jun 18, 1993 · Rudaali is a 1993 film directed by Kalpana Lajmi and starring Rakhee Gulzar, Dimple Kapadia and Raj Babbar. It tells the story of Shanichari, a woman who becomes a rudaali, a person who cries for money at funerals, after losing everything in her life.
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- Kalpana Lajmi
- 1993-06-18
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Apr 8, 2021 · Shanichari then begins to weep profusely, and takes over as the new rudaali, crying at the Thakur's funeral. The story begins with Ram Avtar, the zamindar (transl. landlord) of Barna (a village...
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Dec 26, 2018 · Rudaali is a 1993 Hindi film directed by Kalpana Lajmi, based on a short story by Mahasweta Devi. It depicts the life of a poor widow who earns her living by crying for the dead in rural Rajasthan.
Aug 5, 2019 · Rudali is a Hindi play starring Usha Ganguli, Yama Shroff and Kalpana Thakur. Sanichari, a resilient Dalit widow, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her ungrateful family, fighting poverty and discrimination.
1993. "Rudaali is based on a short story by renowned author Mahashweta Devi. The film is a riveting tale set in Rajasthan (India) of a young woman, Shanichari’s life and her inclusion in the group of professional woman mourners.
