Duvidha (1973)
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Directed by Mani Kaul • Music: nan

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<p>The film is set in rural . It is based on a story by , which relates a popular folktale from Rajasthan about a merchant’s son. A young bride is left alone when her merchant husband Krishanlal departs on a long business trip soon after their wedding. In his absence, a ghost, enchanted by her beauty, assumes the form of the absent husband and begins living with her. The bride, caught between longing and societal expectation, accepts the ghost as her companion, and their silent, surreal coexistence unfolds with dreamlike detachment. As the lines between the real and the supernatural blur, the film poses a haunting moral and emotional dilemma (“duvidha” meaning “dilemma”) about love, agency, and the constraints of tradition. The film was extensively shot in Borunda village, in , , the village of the author Vijay Dan Detha’ Bijji. The music of film was given by , Ramzan Hammu, Latif and Saki Khan. The movie, , released in 2005, is also based on the same story. This article about a Hindi film of the 1970s is a . You can help Wikipedia by . This 1970s drama film–related article is a . You can help Wikipedia by .</p>

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Writer: Vijayadan Detha
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Producer: Film Finance Corporation, (NFDC), National Music Dance Centre
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Music: nan
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Director: Mani Kaul
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Cinematography: Navroze Contractor
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Release Date: 26-May-05
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Edited By: Ravi Patnaik
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Runtime: 1h 24m
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Language: Hindi
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Screenplay: Mani Kaul
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