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title: 'Rudaali (1993)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kalpana Lajmi'
released: '1993-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/rudaali-1993'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108001/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Rudaali (1993)

1993 · Drama · India

Original title: रुदाली

## Synopsis

Rudaali is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Kalpana Lajmi, written by Lajmi and Gulzar and based on a 1979 short story of the same name by Bengali author Mahasweta Devi. Set in a small village in Rajasthan, the film stars Dimple Kapadia as Shanichari, a lonely and hardened woman who, despite a lifetime of misfortune and abandonment, is unable to express grief through crying and is challenged with a new job as a professional mourner. Raakhee, Raj Babbar, and Amjad Khan appear in supporting roles. Produced by the National Film Development Corporation of India and Doordarshan, the film was labelled part of India's neo-realist parallel cinema, but it employed several of the common elements of mainstream Hindi cinema, including songs composed by Bhupen Hazarika.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kalpana Lajmi](https://cinepixo.com/people/kalpana-lajmi)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bhupen Hazarika](https://cinepixo.com/people/bhupen-hazarika)
- **Director of Photography:** [Santosh Sivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/santosh-sivan)

## Cast

- [Amjad Khan](https://cinepixo.com/people/amjad-khan)
- [Rakhee Gulzar](https://cinepixo.com/people/rakhee-gulzar)
- [Dimple Kapadia](https://cinepixo.com/people/dimple-kapadia)

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