Prem Granth

Prem Granth Devanagari , translation Scripture of Love is a Hindi movie which was released in India onMay 1996. Directed by Rajiv Kapoor, the movie stars Rishi Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit and deals with the subject of rape. The movie was a commercial failure.

Somen meets a beautiful young woman Kajri Madhuri Dixit at the annual festival and is drawn towards her at first sight her lower social caste notwithstanding and that becomes the dawn of their love. They part unexpectedly, leaving the fire of love burning in Somen. He tries his best to find Kajri but in vain. Kajri and her father Baliram are on their way back to their village Bansipura where en route Kajri is kidnapped and forcefully raped by a drunken mysterious man. Kajri becomes pregnant with the mans child. Kajris mothers sister wants to marry her to a shoemaker but then Kajri leaves the village in secret and gives birth to the baby of the man who raped her.She begged people for food to eat so that her breast becomes full with milk and her child can survive. The baby then dies and Kajri meets Swami Dharam Bhushan to cremate the child but then he refuses. Kajri buries the baby.A year passes and they meet again. Somen finds Kajri working at his uncle Nandlals farm and his love blossoms. He tries to express his love towards her, but she remains evasive. Destiny left marks of pain and agony on her soul. She writes a letter to Somen that she was a rape victim, an unwed mother, and unjustly ostracized from her society. She loves Somen as well, but the misfortune of her past weighs on her mind at every moment. Meanwhile Kedarnath burns a woman alive since she wanted to file a case against a powerful man named Roop Sahai Govind Namdeo. ........

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