Laaga Chunari Mein Daag: Journey of a Woman (2007)

A woman sacrifices her own happiness and reputation to financially support her family by working as a call girl.

Director:

Pradeep Sarkar

Writer:

Pradeep Sarkar

Stars:

Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukerji, Konkona Sen Sharma

3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Abhishek Bachchan	...	Rohan Varma
Rani Mukerji	...	Vibhavari Sahay (as Rani Mukherji)
Konkona Sen Sharma	...	Subhavari Sahay
Jaya Bhaduri	...	Savitri
Kunal Kapoor	...	Vivaan Varma
Anupam Kher	...	Shivshankar Sahay
Hema Malini	...	Dulariya
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bharati Achrekar	...	Sahay's neighbor
Tinnu Anand	...	Rajshankar 'Rajjo' Sahay
Harsh Chhaya
Ninad Kamat
Kamini Kaushal	...	Mrs. Verma
Ameya Pandya
Sachin Parekh	...	Cameo
Suchitra Pillai-Malik	...	Michelle

Storyline

Based in Varanasi, Shivshankar Sahay lives a poor lifestyle along with his wife, Savitri, and two daughters, Vibhavari and Subhavari. The family struggles and at times is even unable to pay the electricity charges. They attempt in vain to rent their heritage yet dilapidated home to a filmmaker. When Shivshankar's elder brother, Rajshankar, files a petition a court to take over the house, he has a stroke and is hospitalized. Vibhavari tells the family that she has managed to obtain a job in Mumbai and re-locates. She then regularly sends money and is not only able to improve their lifestyle but also has Subhavari obtain a Masters Degree. Subhavari completes her education and also re-locates to Mumbai, where she is reunited with her sister. Subhavari then meets with Vivaan and both fall in love with other. Vibhavari gets to meet Vivaan and approves of him, while Subhavari is introduced to Vivaan's grandmother. A marriage is then planned in Varanasi, and it is only at the 11th hour that ...

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Plot Keywords:

poverty | title based on song | prostitute

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi Bhojpuri

Release Date:

12 October 2007 (Australia)

Also Known As:

Der Weg einer Frau

Filming Locations:

Benares, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

£246,442 (UK) (12 October 2007)

Gross:

$651,835 (USA) (26 October 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Apocalypse Filmworks Productions, Yash Raj Films

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

References Chakde! India (2007)

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Soundtracks

"Ik Teekhi Teekhi Si Ladki"
Written by Swanand Kirkire
Composed by Shantanu Moitra
Performed by Shreya Ghoshal and Kay Kay
Courtesy of Yash Raj Music

User Reviews

LCMD - yet another run-of-the-mill

This fall is supposed to be full of good and bad surprises. All the previews of this flick promised that a treat is likely to come our way. And this is exactly what has gone against this movie.The highlights of the songs weren't too misleading, as far as its catchy tunes are concerned. The plot revolves around a family settled in Benaras. Shivshanker Sahay (Anupam Kher) is a retired man lives in an ancestral house, with two daughters, and his wife, Sabitri (Jaya Bachchan). The elder daughter Vibha (Rani) is more conscious of her parents' old age, their growing anxiety for making both ends meet, and her incapacity as a woman to support her parents as a son would have done. This financial crisis pushes Vibha to fetch for work in a city of opportunities where opportunities are very hard to strike. From this point, the never-ending saga of Vibha turning into Natasha brings a very predictable twist in the story. Chutki (Konkana Sen) is one of the finest artists in Indian cinema. She has done full justice to her role as a younger daughter with little understanding of the family crisis and huge dreams for future. Though it is a very well-executed movie, with finesse of Pradeep Sarkar, and all the right ingredients for a commercial hit, it is a very predictable movie. The reason for its predictability is that the previews not only revealed the entire story, but stole all the surprising elements from it.