Lajja

A powerful performance by Bollywood leading lady Manisha Koirala anchors Rajkumar Santoshi’s sprawling feminist drama. Bearing the child of an abusive, scheming husband (Jackie Shroff), a woman flees New York and returns to India. In her journey across the country, she engages with three different women all suffering at the hands of a chauvinist society. Koirala is supported by some of Bollywood’s greatest talents, including Madhuri Dixit in a star turn as an embattled actress.