''White Rainbow'' (also known as ''Shwet'') is a 2005 Indian Hindi and English-language film directed by Dharan Mandrayar and starring

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, Amardeep Jha, Shameem Shaikh, and

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. The film is about the widows of Vrindavan: women who lost their husbands and wear white waiting to return with them in the afterlife. Several of these women are forced out of their house since they rejected a second marriage. The film follows four different widows.

Cast

as Priya * Amardeep Jha as Roop *Shameem Shaikh as Mala *

as Deepthi *Gaurav Kapoor as Gaurav Kapoor * Virendra Saxena as Pramod Panda *Amitabh Srivastava as Lal

Production

The film was named ''White Rainbow'' because Mandrayar felt that the widows still have lot of life in them. The film began production after '' Waters (a film also about the Vrindavan widows) shooting was halted in 1999. Mandrayar was inspired to make this film after he read about a 13-year-old widow who was forced to go to Vrindavan.

Reception

A critic from ''

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'' wrote that "Making a film on the plight of widows in a part of our country calls for strong conviction. Creator Dharan Mandrayar and Prabhu Movies have it in plenty. Otherwise they couldn't have taken up the subject and laid bare the stigma, subjugation and disgrace the husbandless face in a so-called pious milieu". Dennis Harvey of '' Variety'' opined that "But writer-helmer Dharan Mandrayar lets episodic pic flatline between excessively melodramatic peaks; fans of florid bad acting will find the ham cut thick here. Tech aspects are decent". A critic from '' Bollywood Hungama'' opined that "On the whole, SHWET - WHITE RAINBOW is a poor fare. At the box-office, it's a loser all the way".

Accolades

The film won Best Feature Film in Sedona, Arizona.

References

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2005 films 2005 drama films 2000s Hindi-language films English-language Indian films Films about women in India Films about widowhood in India Films set in India