Hari-Bhari

Hari-Bhari
Directed byShyam Benegal
Written byPriya Chandrasekar (Screenplay)
Shama Zaidi (Screenplay & Dialogue)
Produced byNFDC
StarringShabana Azmi
Rajit Kapur
Rajeshwari Sachdev
Nandita Das
CinematographyRajan Kothari
Edited byAseem Sinha
Music byVanraj Bhatia
Release date
  • 2000 (2000)
Running time
134 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Hari-Bhari (Fertility) is a 2000 Hindi film by Shyam Benegal, starring Shabana Azmi, Rajit Kapur, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Surekha Sikri and Nandita Das.[1]

The film revolves around the story of five women, belonging to different generations, each looking for emancipation and the right to run their lives their own way. The film's main theme is the issue of women's 'fertility rights' empowerment.

The film won the 2000 National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare at 47th National Film Awards.[2]

  1. ^ Adarsh, Taran (26 December 2000). "Hari-Bhari: Fertility Movie Review". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  2. ^ "47th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 January 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.