Rudaali

Shanichari is a beautiful girl born in lower cast and her life is full of sufferings because of lower cast, poor finances, lost parents, drunken husband, mischievous son. The title refers to a custom in some parts of Rajasthan-where aristocratic women were long kept secluded and veiled-of hiring professional women mourners on the death of a male relative, a rudaali (pronounced "roo-dah-lee"-literally, a female "weeper") to pub..

Writer: Mahasweta Devi, Gulzar, Kalpana Lajmi

Genre: Drama