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Bahu Ki Awaaz (1985)

  • Release Date1985
  • GenreDrama
  • FormatColour
  • LanguageHindi
  • Run Time147 mins
  • Length4252.99 meters
  • Number of Reels16
  • Gauge35 mm
  • Censor RatingUA
  • Censor Certificate NumberUA-65-MUM
  • Certificate Date18 /01/1985
  • Shooting LocationFilmistan, Essel Studio, Chandivali
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Shobha Devi (Sulbha Deshpande) is a very pious woman, she has two sons elder is Jaswant (Om Puri) who is a renowned shrewd criminal lawyer and younger Vimal (Rakesh Roshan). a young man with a good personality but submissive.

Vimal is in love with Madhu (Supriya Pathak). Madhu is a daughter of well-known advocate Motilal. Madhu and Kavita (Swaroop Sampat) are best of friends. Kavita is the only daughter of Rai Bhadur (Bharat Bhushan) who were once upon a time rich but the time had snatched everything from them, but this never mars the relations between Madhu and Kavita.

Sunil (Naseeruddin Shah) is a poet cum lawyer who loves Kavita more than himself, but in return Kavita only respects him. Vimal’s parents and his brother are in search of a big dowry. Pursuing this greediness a match makes the best bet out of it.  As providence may have it the tragedy strikes Vimal is commissioned to marry Kavita expecting a big dowry.
The row starts as Kavita could not get a big dowry, they start torturing Kavita. It is only a vain bid she bears all this as a good girl to safeguard the respect of her old father.

Eventually, Vimal's parents and brothers decides to murder Kavita, Jaswant being an eminent lawyer proves the murder as suicide sources a verdict form law in his favour. Madhu quivered she shivers, what could she do? How could she prove a murder? Her mind stalks for a want. Madhu plans to get married to Vimal she enters the house as an investigator.

Does Madhu seek justice in the house?
The death caused for want of dowry is not a social offence. Can Sunil the advocate prove this act as a heinous crime?
Could Madhu and Sunil change the code of constitution or change the greedy society to save the nation from ill-treatment bestowed on a “BAHU”?
Can the nation be awakened to stop woman slaughter?

(From the official press booklet)

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