Cast: Dimple Kapadia, Raakhee, Raj Babbar

The sweltering heat mercilessly hits the rustic interiors of Jaisalmer but one woman stays unaffected -- her name is Sanichari (Dimple).

Life's toughest ordeals and recurring heartbreaks fail to move the unyielding Sanichari. But a fascinating encounter with a professional mourner or rudaali (Raakhee) holds the key to her anticipated outburst.

Based on Mahasweta Devi's offbeat novel of the same name, Rudaali, which is also India's official entry to the Oscars in 1993, delves deeper into the layers of a decadent society -- it's suffocating norms and discriminating mindset.

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