Not Woman Enough

Not Woman Enough

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Juggernaut

A coming of age story of a transgender Devi. It is set in a small town in Rajasthan in a patriarchal society where daughters are unwelcome. Her father walks out of his ancestral home refusing to let her be aborted. He and his wife bring up Devi “just like a son.” Devi grows up as a tomboy and struggles to find her sexual identity.Will she find love in her college mate Ishwari?

Girls Don’t Cry

Girls Don’t Cry

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HarperCollins India 2017

Young advertising professional Amala walks the tightrope between her big-city dreams and small-town roots. Having broken up with her possessive live-in Mumbaikar boyfriend, she returns to Jalandhar in time for her grandfather’s funeral. Back home, she is barely on talking terms with her mother Disha. Girls Don’t Cry parses the lives of three generations of women and the choices they make as they navigate a man’s world.

Balika Vadhu — Kachchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte

Balika Vadhu — Kachchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte

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A girl is robbed of her childhood and education and placed at the altar of marriage, much before she is physically, mentally or emotionally ready. It is about her journey from here and the various roles she essays – from a girl to a wife and daughter-in law; and eventually to a woman of substance. It’s a story of a little girl who moves from dependence on her man to being dependable, strong and an embodiment of women’s empowerment.

Telecast on Colors 2008-16

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Molkki

Molkki

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A story touching on the phenomenon of buying brides in parts of north india due to the skewed sex ratio resulting from female infanticide. A bought bride, a ‘Mol ki Hui Dulhan,’ is sold by her father in marriage to a wealthy widower twice her age. Though she is well treated by her in-laws, she finds herself in the midst of an arrangement. She has been bought to be a nanny to her husband’s children.
Telecast on Colors since November 2020

Janani

Janani

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A bank manager in Lucknow looks forward to his retirement.. He and his wife have spent all their savings educating their three sons who are now living in different cities.The couple is banking on his retirement funds to build their house. But due to a scandal in the bank, his benefits are frozen. Worse, he dies and his wife has to move out. Will her children take her in and look after her?
Telecast on Ishara Channel, 2021