| 词条 | Mrityudand |
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| name = Mrityudand | image = Mrityudand.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Prakash Jha[1] | producer = Prakash Jha | screenplay = Prakash Jha | starring = Madhuri Dixit Shabana Azmi Ayub Khan Mohan Agashe Om Puri Mohan Joshi | music = Anand-Milind | cinematography = Rajan Kinagi Rajan Kothari | editing = Prakash Jha | released = {{film date|df=y|1997|7|11}} | runtime = 161 minutes | country = India | language = Hindi | budget = | gross ={{INRConvert|5.25|c}}[2] }} Mrityudand (English: Death Sentence) is an Indian Hindi drama film released in 1997. It was directed and produced by Prakash Jha and stars Madhuri Dixit, Shabana Azmi, Ayub Khan, Mohan Agashe and Om Puri. The film is a commentary on the social and the gender injustice.[3] As in his other movies, filmmaker Prakash Jha has focussed on the social problems that plague his native state of Bihar, India, and like his other movies this one straddles the boundary between art film and commercial film. The film also boasted of some semi-classical music, tuned by Anand-Milind and Raghunath Seth and worded by Javed Akhtar. SynopsisIt is set in the village of Bilaspur, Bihar in 1996. The movie starts with the grisly portrayal of a mob killing of two defenceless women, orchestrated by vested interests, and how village power players later evade administrative inquiries into this atrocity. This incident sets the tone for much of the rest of the movie. The central characters are a young couple, Vinay (Ayub Khan) and Ketki (Madhuri Dixit). They are quickly plunged into the midst of machinations by several powerful and unscrupulous villagers. Foremost among them is contractor Tirpat Singh (Mohan Joshi), a powerful, corrupt and ruthless man who oppresses poor people and especially women with impunity. Vinay too becomes influenced by Tirpat, and under this influence spirals down a dark road of domestic abuse, alcoholism, and selfishness that alienates his loving wife and tears apart the whole family, despite her best efforts to fight this. The rest of the movie deals with their efforts to break out of this morass, both within their relationship as well as outside of it, and Vinay's and especially Ketki's long, hard, and bloody struggle to confront and defeat the forces of oppression and male domination in the village.[4] Cast
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ReceptionAnupama Chopra of India Today wrote "Mrityudand is not a great film but it is a good one. It can't match the power of a Thelma & Louise or Mirch Masala but it packs a solid wallop. And in these dumb and dumber times, it is a refreshing change."[5] The reviewer for Screen called the film "a superbly crafted web of intrigue that gets darker and murkier till it reaches horrifying proportions of cruelty and ferociousness" and that it is "passionate, highly articulate, and never confused." They felt that the film "questions the limited definition of woman merely as a wife or a mother, and goes on to show strong women who define themselves as individuals." Commending the acting performances, the reviewer wrote, "While Madhuri is her usual fiery self, Shabana fits perfectly into the role of a woman who chooses to rejuvenate her life ... Mohan Joshi and Mohan Agashe are as detestable and evil as could be. But the greatest surprise of the film is Ayub Khan. He has had the rare opportunity to prove his mettle opposite veteran actresses Madhuri and Shabana, and he has held his own admirably. He is dashing and full of passion, and no way does he seem a novice when it comes to romancing the beautiful Dixit." They concluded writing, "Prakash Jha deserves a pat for the manner in which he treated the film ... Here is a film which not only has something to say, but says it well. There are no hysterical histrionics. There is no hypocricy and false rhetoric which one finds so often in films which profess to be socially progressive for women. The songs are situational and elegant."[6]Mrityudand was invited for the gala premiere at BFI London Film Festival in 1997.[7]The film was also received well by audiences upon theatrical release. 75 per cent collection were reported on the first day of release. It was declared tax-free in theatres of Mumbai.[8] References1. ^The Prakash Jha Chat 2. ^Mrrityudand IBOS 3. ^Hip Hip Hurray to Aarakshan: The best of director Prakash Jha 4. ^Women to the fore 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/movie-review-mrityudand-starring-shabana-azmi-madhuri-dixit-om-puri/1/274507.html|title=Movie review: Mrityudand, starring Shabana Azmi, Madhuri Dixit, Om Puri|last=Chopra|first=Anupama|work=India Today|date=21 July 1997}} 6. ^{{cite web |title=Brave and progressive |url=http://www.screenindia.com/jul18/review.htm |website=Screen |accessdate=14 November 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010723180452/http://www.screenindia.com/jul18/review.htm |archivedate=23 July 2001}} 7. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_prakash-jha-s-chakravyuh-to-premiere-at-london-film-festival_1720587|title=Prakash Jha's 'Chakravyuh' to premiere at London Film Festival|work=Daily News and Analysis|date=27 July 2012}} 8. ^{{cite web |title=Gupt Has a Great Run |url=http://www.screenindia.com/jul18/films.htm |website=Screen |accessdate=14 November 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030306065000/http://www.screenindia.com/jul18/films.htm |archivedate=6 March 2003}} External links
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