- Zubeidaa
Infobox_Film
name = Zubeidaa
caption = Zubeidaa DVD cover
director =Shyam Benegal
writer =Khalid Mohammed
music =A.R.Rahman
starring =Karisma Kapoor ,Rekha ,Manoj Bajpai ,Amrish Puri ,Farida Jalal ,Lillete Dubey ,Shakti Kapoor
producer =Farouq Rattonsey
distributor =Yash Raj Films
released =January 19 ,2001
runtime = 153 min
language =Hindi
preceded_by = "Mammo " (1994 )
"Sardari Begum " (1996 )
budget =
imdb_id = 0255713"Zubeidaa" (
Hindi : ज़ुबैदा,Urdu : زبیدہ) is a 2001 film directed byShyam Benegal and written byKhalid Mohammed . "Zubeidaa" starsKarisma Kapoor ,Rekha ,Manoj Bajpai ,Surekha Sikri ,Rajit Kapoor ,Lillete Dubey ,Amrish Puri ,Farida Jalal andShakti Kapoor .It is the concluding chapter in a trilogy that began with "
Mammo " (1994) and continued with "Sardari Begum " (1996).The film is based on the life on an ill-fated actress,
Zubeida , who acted in first Indian talkie,Alam Ara (1931), and was the mother of film critic,Khalid Mohammed , who also wrote film's screenplay [ [http://www.metroactive.com/metro-santa-cruz/09.05.07/movies-shyambenegal.html Shyam Benegal Retrospective] ] .The film garnered the citation,
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi and wonKarishma Kapoor aFilmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics').Synopsis
Zubeidaa is the story of a young man’s search to understand his mother who is not known to him. Zubeidaa (
Karisma Kapoor ) is the only daughter of a filmmaker Suleman Seth (Amrish Puri ). Zubeidaa acts in films secretly but when her father finds out he forbids her to carry on and quickly arranges her marriage to Mehboob Alam. Things look happy for her when she gives birth to a son, Riyaz. However due to a misunderstanding between her in-laws and her father, Mehboob divorces Zubeidaa.She meets Maharaja Vijayendra Singh (
Manoj Bajpai ). He is attracted to Zubeidaa and proposes to her, she's hesitant at first but she soon relents and accepts his proposal. She leaves her son to her mother's care and goes to Fatehpur as his second wife. She meets the Maharaja's first wife Maharani Mandira Devi (Rekha ) and at first is happy with her surroundings and her new life. However she feels isolated by her husband and soon jealousy sets in when Vijayendra chooses Mandira Devi to accompany him during the election campaign...She starts going against the norms of a Maharani and in the end she and Maharaja Vijayendra Singh die in a plane crashCast
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Karisma Kapoor ... Zubeidaa
*Rekha ... Maharani Mandira Devi
*Manoj Bajpai ... Maharaja Vijayendra Singh
*Rahul Maharya ... Raja Uday Singh
*Rajit Kapoor ... Riyaz Masud
*Surekha Sikri ... Fayyazi
*Amrish Puri ... Suleiman Seth
*Farida Jalal ... Mammo
*Shakti Kapoor ... Dance Master Hiralal
*Lillete Dubey ... Rose Davenport
*Ravi Jhankal ... Girivar Singh
*Smriti Mishra ... Sardari Begum
*S.M. Zaheer ... Sajid Masud
*Harish Patel ... Nandlal SethSoundtrack
Infobox Album
Name = Zubeidaa - The Story of a Princess
Type =Album
Artist =A. R. Rahman
Released =2000 (India)
Recorded =
Genre =Film soundtrack
Length =
Label =Sony Music
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "Thenali " 2000
This album = "Zubeidaa" 2000
Next album = "One 2 Ka 4 " 2001|Lyrics :
Javed Akhtar Awards
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National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi
*Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance -Karisma Kapoor References
External links
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