Pratha (प्रथा) 2002

Published on April 26, 2013 in Cinema

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Director	Raja Bundela
Writer	Raja Bundela
Producer	Raja Bundela
Music Director	Pallav Pandya
Cinematography	K. U. Mohanan
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Playback Singers	Dheeraj Sharma, Shaan

Character	Actor / Actress
Deepak	Deepak Bandhu
Leela	Ashney Shroff
Thanedar Daood Singh	Vicky Ahuja
	Ravindra Bundela
Shaila	Krishna Chauhan
S.P. Ashish	Rohitash Gaud
	Balram Joshi
Sua	Purnima Joshi
Bacha Babu	Vijay Kaushik
Nimi Pandey	Irrfan Khan
Principal	Akhil Mishra
Choudhary	Hemant Mishra
	Deepak Saxena
Gautami	Sharmishta Shroff
	Jagdish Tiwari

Plot
The story is about a village where superstition prevails. Leela (Ashney Shroff) and Deepak (Deepak Bandhu) fall in love and marry each other. Deepak leaves for the big city to pursue further studies, leaving behind Leela in the village. Suddenly due to a death in Deepak's family he comes back to the village. Deepak is now shocked to see Leela as the Goddess, Maa Choksha, of the village, wo has been ceremonially appointed by the local priest, Nimi Pandey (Irfan khan). The ruling party i.e. Bacha Babu and Choudhary are threatening Deepak to stay away from Leela. Soon, with the help of friend, Leela manages to runaway with Deepak and she then tells him the whole story behind the reincarnation of a hindu goddess. However, the local priest Nimi Pandey and the village people find them and capture Leela. Deepak gets frustated and then kidnaps Nimi Pandey in order to secure the release of Leela, but the people find Nimi Pandey and Deepak runs away. Now, the ruling party releases an order to shoot to kill, in order to arrest Deepak. Deepak finds out that whole Government, village people & laws are againt him. Deepak is left with no other option, in order to rescue Leela. The question remains, will Deepak be able to convey the truth to the village people and will Deepak and Leela be able to stay together?

Plot

The story is about a village where superstition prevails. Leela (Ashney Shroff) and Deepak (Deepak Bandhu) fall in love and marry each other. Deepak leaves for the big city to pursue further studies, leaving behind Leela in the village. Suddenly due to a death in Deepak's family he comes back to the village. Deepak is now shocked to see Leela as the Goddess, Maa Choksha, of the village, wo has been ceremonially appointed by the local priest, Nimi Pandey (Irfan khan). The ruling party i.e. Bacha Babu and Choudhary are threatening Deepak to stay away from Leela. Soon, with the help of friend, Leela manages to runaway with Deepak and she then tells him the whole story behind the reincarnation of a hindu goddess. However, the local priest Nimi Pandey and the village people find them and capture Leela. Deepak gets frustated and then kidnaps Nimi Pandey in order to secure the release of Leela, but the people find Nimi Pandey and Deepak runs away. Now, the ruling party releases an order to shoot to kill, in order to arrest Deepak. Deepak finds out that whole Government, village people & laws are againt him. Deepak is left with no other option, in order to rescue Leela. The question remains, will Deepak be able to convey the truth to the village people and will Deepak and Leela be able to stay together?