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Harij Weds Sajili ()
Directed by Prataya Saha
“A young bride trapped in a perilous arranged marriage in suburban India, fakes her suicide with the help of a sex worker to reclaim her freedom from being yet another victim of a dowry murder.”
Comedy, Drama · 18m
Harij, a newlywed, is eager for dowry gifts that never arrive, while his wife Sajili, trapped in an unwanted marriage, detests his insatiable appetite for intimacy. Harij, frustrated by her reluctance, enlists Leila, a bold and pragmatic sex worker, to "train" Sajili in "marital duties". What begins as an unorthodox intervention, spiral into a sinister plot when Leila uncovers Harij’s chilling plans for dowry-related murder. And Leila is no ordinary bystander. Viewed by society through a lens of stigma, she steps into the role of a protector. In a clever twist, Leila offers Sajili a dangerous escape—faking her suicide and framing Harij. Can Sajili escape the patriarchal nightmare, claiming her independence, her hidden dowry, and her lover, leaving Harij and his greed exposed?
Cast
Anshulika Kapoor
Rutpanna Aishwarya
Crew
- Director
- Prataya Saha
- Screenplay
- Angela Page
- Writer
- Angela Page
- Director of Photography
- Subha Dey
- Editor
- Gautam Palakki
- Producer
- Angela Page
Details
- Runtime
- 18m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Hindi
- Countries
- United States of America, India
- Production
- Page Media
- Budget
- $15,000