Memsahab

Memsahab
Official Movie Poster
Directed byArshad Siddiqui
Written byArshad Siddiqui
Produced byKailash Shukla
StarringYukta Mookhey and Vijay Raaz
Edited byBibhuti Bhushan
Release date
  • 20 June 2008 (2008-06-20)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Memsahab is an Indian Hindi-language film released in 2008. The film stars Yukta Mookhey and Vijay Raaz. Memsahab is a woman-oriented movie with a social message of non-violence. Mookhey plays the role of a Sikh woman forced into prostitution after the death of her parents. Her character was inspired by Shabana Azmi's award-winning role of a prostitute in the 1983 film ‘Mandi’.

Synopsis

The film is based on the aftermath of the 1984 riots involving a section of Congress party activists and Sikhs in Delhi and other parts of northern India. Congress party activists targeted and killed thousands of Sikhs.

Yukta Mookhey plays the character of Anjali, who is a victim of the riots and is pushed into prostitution. Anjali’s mother is raped by the rioters, and her father is shot dead. Anjali grows up with traumatic memories of her childhood.

Anjali is one of many women working as a prostitute in Kamathipura (a red-light district in Mumbai, where filming also took place); every night each of these women meets with a new ‘Sahab’ (translation: Sir, Master or Boss).

After some unexpected incidents, Anjali stumbles upon her parents' killers and starts hunting them down one by one. In the process, she realizes that violence will not help her get her parents back, and that even after taking revenge she still cannot not erase her traumatic childhood memories, leading her to take an unexpected decision.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack features seven songs including the item number "Piya Pardesia" by Sambhavna Seth. Music for the film was composed by Murlidhar Alia, with original lyrics by Ibrahim Ashq.

Track List

1. The Soul of Memsahab
2. Qatil Haseena Hoon
3. Piya Pardesia
4. Pata Dhadkanon Se Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
5. Padoon Tore Main Paiyan
6. Kya Khoya Kya Paya
7. Piya Pardesia (Remix)

References

  1. ↑ "Sambhavna promotes Miss World starrer!!". glamsham.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2008.
  2. ↑ BigFM - Mumbai[permanent dead link]
  3. ↑ Rediff[permanent dead link]

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