Due to poverty and the ill-health of her father, Vibhavari (Rani Mukherjee) is forced to relocate to Mumbai from Benaras. Here she becomes the victim of circumstances and becomes a sophisticated escort. However she maintains a facade in front of her family in Benaras, who is now delighted to see the...
Shekhar (Saif Ali Khan) and Lolita (Vidya Balan) share joys and sorrows, fond memories and bittersweet experiences... and unknown to them, a relationship of deep friendship and trust takes place.It takes the arrival of an outsider, Girish (Sanjay Dutt), for them to discover their true feelings for e...
To get the right donkey for the movie, the director travelled to Sirham, a village on top of the mountains, since Kashmir had only mules and no donkeys.
Pakeezah took nearly 14 years to shoot because of a change in relationship between Meena Kumari and Kamal Amrohi the director from warm to worse and then back to a compromise. Meena Kumari and Kamal Amrohi were married when Pakeezah was first conceived.
The movie is silent, with no dialogue whatsoever, yet it deals with a complex and realistic plot.The film is notable for its inventive recasting of the silent film form. Though shot in color and featuring incidental noise, the film does not have any dialogues.
