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?

Astitva – Ek Prem Kahani

Astitva – Ek Prem Kahani

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A woman doctor who runs her own nursing home, but is as yet unmarried at 34, eventually finds love in a 24-year old photographer. It’s a roller coaster ride for their love and eventual marriage as the relationship goes through various seasons. At a time when television heroines were largely confined to home and family, it dared explore what happens when a woman puts her career before her personal life and the price she pays for it.
Telecast on Zee TV, 2001-05

Buddha

Buddha

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A 55-episode mega-serial on the life and times of Gautam Buddha, who started his journey of life as Prince Siddhartha of Kapilavatsu. While documenting his journey from Siddhartha to Buddha, the serial moves on to the little-known story of what happened after he became Buddha. Meticulously researched, it chronicles the politico-socio-economic times in which Siddhartha/Gautam Buddha lived. Mounted on a lavish scale, it is the first Indian production on Buddha.
Telecast on Zee TV and DD National, 2012-13 and available on Netflix

Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka

Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka

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A sensitive story of two modern, though very different, married couples. While Kunal and Mauli’s marriage is one of equals who love and support each other through thick and thin, Mauli’s friend Nandini is a trophy wife to the chauvinistic Rajdeep. When Rajdeep resorts to violence with Nandini, Kunal and Nandini are hit by a tornado of feelings of attraction for each other. None had imagined it even in their wildest dreams.
Telecast on Colors, 2018-19

Khwaabon Ki Zameen Par

Khwaabon Ki Zameen Par

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Arya, a small-town middle-class boy, dreams about making it in films. He loves the wealthy Niyati, whose father gives him a year to prove himself. Arya leaves for the big bad city of Mumbai to get a break. Shikha — a top star, takes a fancy to him and helps him to success, but she also falls in love with him, and expects reciprocity. Arya too is hugely drawn to her and feels extremely grateful.
Telecast on Zindagi, 2014

Jyoti

Jyoti

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The sole earning member of an orthodox middle class family has to shoulder many responsibilities. Especially if it is a girl who always puts her family’s needs before her own. Though they wish her to marry, for the family, she is the proverbial golden goose. Can such a girl ever hope to find a personal life and eventual happiness, even as she carries the burden of responsibilities on her young shoulders?
Telecast on NDTV Imagine, 2009