Sisters (1995)

Doghi

The story of two sisters in a poor rural family in India as their family struggles to come to terms with compromises that they have to make in order to survive. Their father's illness forces the eldest sister to go to the big city to work as a prostitute, allowing her to send money home so the rest of the family can live in relative ease. The return of that sister to the village to attend the younger sister's wedding results in a showdown in the family, bringing to the surface the struggles and double standards of the parents in their willingness to accept money from the elder sister but at the same time wanting her to go away so as not to "spoil" their name and remind them of their guilt in forcing her into her city life and the moral compromises that they have made.

Date of release
1995-04-01
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (4)
Runtime
2h 44m
Genres
Drama
Director
Sumitra Bhave, Sunil Sukthankar

Casting

Interesting facts

Doghi is a 1995 Indian Marathi film directed by filmmaker duo Sumitra Bhave–Sunil Sukthankar and produced by National Film Development Corporation of India in association with Doordarshan. The film won three awards at the 43rd National Film Awards in 1995; the Best Film on Other Social Issues, the Best Female Playback Singer, and a Special Mention for Uttara Baokar and nine awards including the Best Film at 32nd Maharashtra State Film Awards in 1996.

Production

The film marked the directorial feature film debut for Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukthankar. While working on a short film Bai (1985), Sukthankar joined Bhave as an assistant. Later, they worked on several short films together. After watching one of their short film Chakori (1992), the National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) invited Bhave and Sukthankar to make Doghi.

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