Woh Chokri
| Woh Chokri वो छोकरी |
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|---|---|
| Directed by | Subhankar Ghosh |
| Produced by | Ravi Malik |
| Written by | Atul Tiwari |
| Starring |
Pallavi Joshi Neena Gupta Paresh Rawal Om Puri Yogita Chheda Swapnil Diwan Tushar Mohile |
| Music by | Sapan Jagmohan |
| Cinematography | Moloy Dasgupta |
| Edited by | Deepak Kapoor |
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Release date
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1994 |
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Running time
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150 Mins |
| Country |
 India
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| Language | Hindi |
Woh Chokri (1994) (English: That Girl; Hindi: वो छोकरी) is an Indian movie directed by Subhankar Ghosh and stars Pallavi Joshi, Neena Gupta, Paresh Rawal and Om Puri. Film won 3 National Film Awards. Pallavi Joshi won National Film Award – Special Jury Award whereas Paresh Rawal won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor and Neena Gupta that of the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for this movie.
Geeta Devi (Neena Gupta) is one of the daughters-in-law of a prominent and wealthy family, who is unfortunately widowed. Still youthful and attractive, she gives in to the wiles of one of the men in the neighbourhood, Lalit Ramji (Paresh Rawal), and starts living with him. She has a daughter, Apsara (Pallavi Joshi) by him, and the three are portrayed as a happy family.
One day, Lalit disappears without explanation, and from then on, the lives of the abandoned mother and daughter go steadily downward. Apsara is forced to leave school through her erstwhile in-laws' machinations; with no income, their landlord is forced to let them go, and they have to move to a hutment colony, Geeta begins work as a maidservant in order to earn a living and support her daughter. One of the poignant themes in the movie is Apsara's relationship with her father, to whose illusory love she hangs on with a childlike and, in the end, horribly unjustified faith.
Learning that Lalit is now a successful politician, Apsara persuades her mother to travel to New Delhi to meet him as she is sure her father will rescue them from their terrible condition. Rejected, the mother returns, and having lost all hope and faith in human goodness, takes to drink. Soon after, she dies leaving her daughter aged 16 all alone.
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