The Forgotten Woman

Name: The Forgotten Woman
Director: Dilip Mehta
Released: 2008
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: V. Mohini Giri, Indira Jaisingh, Aishwarya Mukherjee, Usha Rai, Ginny Shrivastava

2008 · 88 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 81 VOTES · DIR. Dilip Mehta

Overview

Inspired by the 2006 Academy Award® nominee for Best Foreign Language film, "Water," this documentary tells the story of some of the 20 million Indian widows who are abandoned by their families and literally turned out into the streets when their husbands died. "Water" was a fictional recounting of this terrible tradition, set in 1938. "The Forgotten Woman" is true, and happening today.

Dialogue Timeline — 696 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:31 The river has turned hostile...

00:06:14 the house to my daughter-in-law

00:11:33 When moonlight fell on it

00:13:26 In your song

00:15:22 It's my fate.

00:19:42 and the intellectual elite

00:23:59 Usha Rai Journalist / Research Analyst

00:27:10 Is he unwell?

00:28:36 What has to happen will happen.

00:32:55 So when did you go?

00:34:32 come to chant the Lord's name.

00:36:39 I'd work everyday

00:38:58 The custom of remarriage exists.

00:40:37 Do you have a mother or a sister?

00:42:42 My name is Lali Devi Dhakar.

00:52:30 For them I was a servant

00:54:46 My mother said since I was a widow

00:57:12 Careful.

00:58:59 They grabbed your land.

01:00:44 After 2 days of protesting

01:04:05 Afroz Bano Kargil War Widow

01:10:04 between visiting me and staying with me.

01:17:05 Just one grape.

01:23:10 There are married women here.

Cast & Characters

V. Mohini Giri Self Indira Jaisingh Self Aishwarya Mukherjee Self Usha Rai Self Ginny Shrivastava Self

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed696

Dialogue density7.9 lines / min

First line00:00:31

Final line01:23:10

Production Record

DirectorDilip Mehta

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes81