Zubeidaa
2001 · Movie · Unrated · 150 min · ★ 5.5 · 69% critics
An ambitious young woman dreams of acting but is pushed into a life shaped by family expectations and social rules. After a failed marriage, she enters a royal household as a second wife, where love, loneliness, and inner turmoil collide with tradition and politics, driving her toward a heartbreaking choice.
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Details
- Original title
- ज़ुबेदा
- Years
- 2001
- Release date
- 2001-01-19
- Language
- Hindi
- Rated
- Unrated
- Runtime
- 150 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 69/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.5/10 (16 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like sweeping, emotional period romances about love versus duty, with strong characters and a reflective, bittersweet tone; Not for you if you want fast pacing, light escapism, or simple heroes like in Aashiqui.
Pros: emotional, layered story; strong performances; memorable music | Cons: long runtime; uneven pacing; divisive lead character
Themes
- biography
- india
Cast & crew
Karisma Kapoor
as Zubeidaa
Manoj Bajpayee
as Raja Vijendra Singh
Rekha
as Mandira Devi
Rajit Kapoor
as Riyaz Masud
Amrish Puri
as Suleiman Seth
Surekha Sikri
as Fayyazi
Farida Jalal
as Mammo
Shakti Kapoor
as Dance Master Hiralal
Rahul Singh
as Uday Singh
Lillete Dubey
as Rose Davenport
Directed by Shyam Benegal