Bawandar (2000)
A rural Indian woman joins a campaign against social injustice. Her activism sparks violent retaliation from village elders, forcing her to navigate a corrupt legal system.
- Date of release
- 2000-11-17
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Jag Mundhra
Casting
- Nandita Das — Saanvri
- Raghubir Yadav — Sohan
- Deepti Naval — Shobha Devi
- Rahul Khanna — Ravi
- Laila Rouass — Amy
- Govind Namdeo — Dhanraj Meena
- Lillete Dubey — Anita
- Ishrat Ali — Purnia Gujjar
- Yashpal Sharma — Sarju
- Anupam Shyam — Mangal Panda
- Shri Vallabh Vyas — Lawyer
- Gulshan Grover — Lawyer
Interesting facts
Bawandar is a 2000 Indian film, based on the true story of Bhanwari Devi, a rape victim from Rajasthan, India. The film depicts the personal trauma, public humiliation and legal injustice that Bhanwari Devi went through, while pursuing justice in the Indian courts.
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