Sanshodhan (1996)
Overview
The amendment in the law, making it compulsory for one-third of the Gram Panchayat representatives to be women, is not received favourably by the ruling Sarpanch of the village, Thakur Ratan Singh. Although he puts up a front of being in favour of the idea, along with his son Inder Singh, he conspires to field wives of friends, whom he hopes he can control through their husbands and through the caste network. Vidya, wife of Bhanwar Singh who is indebted to the Thakur, is one of the newly elected women Panchayat members. Vidya, who is educated, notices that the political empowerment of women is only on paper and in reality decision-making still continues to be with the manipulative old guard. Vidya decides it is time for a change.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | hi |
| Popularity | 2.006 |
Directed By
Govind Nihalani
Crew
Shivaji Dasgupta
Govind Nihalani
Nitin Chandrakant Desai
Tripurari Sharma
Govind Nihalani
Tripurari Sharma
Govind Nihalani
Pankaj Seal
Prabal Pradhan
Tripurari Sharma
Srinivas Patro
Vishal Bhardwaj
Govind Nihalani
TOP CAST
Manoj Bajpayee
Bhanwar
Vanya Joshi
Vidya
Harish Khanna
Hariya
Lalit Parimoo
Inder Singh
Ashutosh Rana
Clerk in VDO's office
Kavita Rayirath
Manju
Anupam Shyam
Ratan Singh
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