Dharini | |
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Directed by | Susant Misra |
Written by | Susant Misra Ashima Chiber R.N. Trivedi |
Starring |
Kirti Kulhari Rachna Shah Avni Vasa Jyoti Dogra Richa Nayyar |
Music by | Sujeet Chaubey Akshaya Mohanty |
Cinematography | Jugal Debata |
Release date
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2002 |
Country | India |
Language | Odia |
Dharini (aka Whispers of Change) is a 2002 India Oriya film directed by Susant Misra.
Four women in a middle-class traditional household fight for dignity in their own ways. Sarala contracts a sexually transmitted disease from her wayward husband and is unable to bear children. She is distraught but helpless. Kamala takes a step towards change in the traditional male dominated family when she is asked to go for a repeated abortion. She defies her husband and leaves the house. Shweta, the widow considered a burden on the family too is encouraged to seek an honourable life. Nandini is already socially active and liberal minded aspiring for a free life away from home.