संशोधन (1996) : distribution, intrigue et streaming

Released in 1996, संशोधन is a drame film directed by Govind Nihalani, running about 165 minutes. “The Amendment” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. The amendment in the law, making it compulsory for one-third of the Gram Panchayat representatives to be women, is not received favourably by the ruling Sarpanch of the village, Thakur Ratan Singh. Although he puts up a front of being in favour of the idea, along with his son Inder Singh, he conspires to field wives of friends, whom he hopes he can control through their husbands and through the caste network. Vidya, wife of Bhanwar Singh who is indebted to the Thakur, is one of the newly elected women Panchayat members. Vidya, who is educated, notices that the political empowerment of women is only on paper and in reality decision-making still continues to be with the manipulative old guard. Vidya decides it is time for a change.

Who’s in it. संशोधन stars Manoj Bajpayee as Bhanwar, Vanya Joshi as Vidya, Kishore Kadam and Harish Khanna as Hariya, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.0/10, संशोधन has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In Inde you can stream it on EPIC ON and NFDC Amazon Channel. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch संशोधन page.

If you liked it. Fans of संशोधन tend to enjoy Les Évadés, Le Parrain, La Liste de Schindler and Le Parrain, 2e partie.