The Bride
The word 'Shoshite' means 'An exploited woman' in Kannada language. Jyoti, a middle-class woman living in a town in Karnataka, struggles with infertility while her husband Kishore, a bank manager, is…
The Bride
The word 'Shoshite' means 'An exploited woman' in Kannada language. Jyoti, a middle-class woman living in a town in Karnataka, struggles with infertility while her husband Kishore, a bank manager, is a miserly and dominant figure in their marriage. After reconnecting with an old college friend named Savita, Jyoti is introduced to a temple believed to solve infertility problems. However, Savita soon reveals she is in a financial bind and needs to repay a loan of 5 lakhs to retrieve her grandmother's gold ornaments from a pawnshop. Jyoti agrees to help but is left in distress when Savita disappears with the money. Jyoti turns to her brother Avinash for help, and they eventually find Savita in a different village. Savita explains that her aunts were trying to claim rights to her grandmother's gold, and she needed the money for legal proceedings. Jyoti desperately needs the money back to wear her own gold at a family engagement ceremony to avoid further scrutiny from her in-laws. When Savita refuses to return the money, Jyoti's alcoholic father Narayana borrows money from a local financier, who charges exorbitant interest rates and takes the original house documents as collateral. As Jyoti struggles to repay the loan and fend off advances from financier, Savita disappears from town, leaving Jyoti with a legal notice for unpaid dues and the realization that her father had given away the house documents as collateral. The story culminates with Jyoti navigating the consequences of her decisions and highlights the challenges faced by middle-class families in India, including infertility, financial instability, and the struggle to balance cultural expectations and familial pressures. It underscores the importance of friendship and family support, while also exposing the risks of trusting the wrong people. In the end, Jyoti's story serves as a cautionary tale about the difficult choices many women in India are forced to make, often without any support or guidance. It also highlights the urgent need for greater awareness and support for women's rights and empowerment in India.
The Bride
Drama
Film Details
The word 'Shoshite' means 'An exploited woman' in Kannada language. Jyoti, a middle-class woman living in a town in Karnataka, struggles with infertility while her husband Kishore, a bank manager, is a miserly and dominant figure in their marriage. After reconnecting with an old college friend named Savita, Jyoti is introduced to a temple believed to solve infertility problems.
However, Savita soon reveals she is in a financial bind and needs to repay a loan of 5 lakhs to retrieve her grandmother's gold ornaments from a pawnshop. Jyoti agrees to help but is left in distress when Savita disappears with the money. Jyoti turns to her brother Avinash for help, and they eventually find Savita in a different village.
Savita explains that her aunts were trying to claim rights to her grandmother's gold, and she needed the money for legal proceedings. Jyoti desperately needs the money back to wear her own gold at a family engagement ceremony to avoid further scrutiny from her in-laws. When Savita refuses to return the money, Jyoti's alcoholic father Narayana borrows money from a local financier, who charges exorbitant interest rates and takes the original house documents as collateral.
As Jyoti struggles to repay the loan and fend off advances from financier, Savita disappears from town, leaving Jyoti with a legal notice for unpaid dues and the realization that her father had given away the house documents as collateral. The story culminates with Jyoti navigating the consequences of her decisions and highlights the challenges faced by middle-class families in India, including infertility, financial instability, and the struggle to balance cultural expectations and familial pressures. It underscores the importance of friendship and family support, while also exposing the risks of trusting the wrong people.
In the end, Jyoti's story serves as a cautionary tale about the difficult choices many women in India are forced to make, often without any support or guidance. It also highlights the urgent need for greater awareness and support for women's rights and empowerment in India..