Lajja means shame, and there is no shame to watch this brilliant masterpiece! This movie is directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, who has directed Pukar, Andaz Apna Apna, Khakee, Ghayal, and the Legend of Bhagat Singh, and released on 2001, and it talks about the hardships that are faced by women! When I have seen this movie, I am so surprised to see the reality of women! It is very sad that women suffer miserably in the Indian society, and I agree that women should be treated properly. The current generations should see this movie, which has an amazing and inspiring message, and understand the plights of women. Anyway, Lajja is a story that has 4 women! They are named after the goddess Sita from Ramayana. They are Vaidehi, Maithili, Janaki, and Ramdulari, who are respectively portrayed by Manisha Koirala, Mahima Chaudhury, Madhuri Dixit, and Rekha. Vaidehi is a married women, who lives in U. S. with her husband. Her husband is portrayed by Jackie Shroff, and he is abusive to Vaidehi and has many affairs even though he is married. She leaves him and goes to India, but he wants her to come back to U. S. So, she escapes from his goons to stay safe. While she travels to be safe from her husband, she meets Maithili, Janaki, and Ramdulari in separate places of India. She really gets to see the hardships that are faced by these women! In Maithili's place, Maithili's family members try their best to maintain her wedding and give dowry to her fiancée's family members. The fiancée's family members are very evil since they want money. If they don't get money, then they will cancel the wedding and ruin her father's reputation. In Janaki's place, Janaki, a theatre actress, is mad that her fiancée wants her to abort the unborn baby since he is tricked by her lustful theater owner. The evil owner wants to make Janaki her wife even though he is married. But she wants to marry her fiancée while she is pregnant. In Ramdulari's place, Ramdulari, a village woman, is sexually assaulted by 2 powerful men since her son is in love with the daughter of one of the 2 powerful men. She begs them to leave her, but they refuse to leave her since her son and their daughter are ruining their reputation. Vaidehi witnesses the tragedies that happen to women, and she is very horrified to see them. This movies shows how Vaidehi will become brave and fight against this evil society after she gets to know the women's hardships. I won't spoil everything, so you need to watch this movie and will get to know the harsh reality of women. I really love this movie since this has a social message, and Madhuri Dixit's performance is considered as one of the best performances in Lajja! Anyway, I will list the pros only since the movie doesn't have cons or flaws.
Pros: 1. The fantastic star cast like Manisha Koirala, Madhuri Dixit, Anil Kapoor, Mahima Chaudhury, Jackie Shroff, Rekha, Ajay Devgan, Govind Namdeo, Anjan Srivastav, Razak Khan, Johnny Lever, Jagdeep, Asrani, Tinnu Anand, Sharman Joshi, Danny Dengzongpa, and Gulshan Grover.
2. Rajkumar Santoshi's screenplay and direction!
3. The powerful anthology-like storyline!
4. The great BGM, amazing songs, and the inspiring message!
5. Manisha Koirala's awesome performance as the true main protagonist!
6. Comedians like Johnny Lever, Jagdeep, and Asrani have great sense of humor! The comedy scenes are good!
7. Anil Kapoor's great and funny performance as the secondary protagonist!
8. Mahima Chaudhury's fantastic and emotional performance in the wedding scene!
9. Jackie Shroff's great performance as the main antagonist!
10. Madhuri Dixit's beautiful and inspiring performance as the secondary female protagonist! She is too talented and beautiful!
11. Madhuri Dixit's Badi Mushkil performance is too beautiful, and her dance moves give me goosebumps! She is the true Gorgeous Dancing Diva of Bollywood! Love Madhuri Dixit so much!
12. Madhuri Dixit's shocking and emotional performance in the Ramayana play's ending scene!
13. Ajay Devgan's powerful performance and sword fighting skills are absolutely good!
14. The emotional scenes and the hardships of women are shown properly!
15. The inspiring and amazing climax!
Overall, Lajja is one of the best women-centric movies of Bollywood! It is very shocking that this movie is not a box office success in India, and I think that this movie should be known as an excellent masterpiece! Rajkumar Santoshi has directed this movie by having an amazing star cast, the storyline, the songs, the action scenes, and the social message! This movie must be appreciated by every generation since it shows the true reality of women! I highly recommend this movie to everyone because you will get to know the women's issues in this society, and you definitely need to watch this movie! This movie will get 100 stars out of 10 stars since this movie is very good! This is my honest review of Lajja!
Pros: 1. The fantastic star cast like Manisha Koirala, Madhuri Dixit, Anil Kapoor, Mahima Chaudhury, Jackie Shroff, Rekha, Ajay Devgan, Govind Namdeo, Anjan Srivastav, Razak Khan, Johnny Lever, Jagdeep, Asrani, Tinnu Anand, Sharman Joshi, Danny Dengzongpa, and Gulshan Grover.
2. Rajkumar Santoshi's screenplay and direction!
3. The powerful anthology-like storyline!
4. The great BGM, amazing songs, and the inspiring message!
5. Manisha Koirala's awesome performance as the true main protagonist!
6. Comedians like Johnny Lever, Jagdeep, and Asrani have great sense of humor! The comedy scenes are good!
7. Anil Kapoor's great and funny performance as the secondary protagonist!
8. Mahima Chaudhury's fantastic and emotional performance in the wedding scene!
9. Jackie Shroff's great performance as the main antagonist!
10. Madhuri Dixit's beautiful and inspiring performance as the secondary female protagonist! She is too talented and beautiful!
11. Madhuri Dixit's Badi Mushkil performance is too beautiful, and her dance moves give me goosebumps! She is the true Gorgeous Dancing Diva of Bollywood! Love Madhuri Dixit so much!
12. Madhuri Dixit's shocking and emotional performance in the Ramayana play's ending scene!
13. Ajay Devgan's powerful performance and sword fighting skills are absolutely good!
14. The emotional scenes and the hardships of women are shown properly!
15. The inspiring and amazing climax!
Overall, Lajja is one of the best women-centric movies of Bollywood! It is very shocking that this movie is not a box office success in India, and I think that this movie should be known as an excellent masterpiece! Rajkumar Santoshi has directed this movie by having an amazing star cast, the storyline, the songs, the action scenes, and the social message! This movie must be appreciated by every generation since it shows the true reality of women! I highly recommend this movie to everyone because you will get to know the women's issues in this society, and you definitely need to watch this movie! This movie will get 100 stars out of 10 stars since this movie is very good! This is my honest review of Lajja!