Show Synopsis
Set
in rural Rajasthan, ‘Balika Vadhu’ traces the arduous journey of child
bride Anandi from the brink of childhood to womanhood. Married at the
tender age of eight, to an equally young Jagdish, she enters a new
world which is at once alienating and confusing. and torn away from the
merriment of childhood and her family, she has to accept and accustom
herself to this new family of strangers, new relationships and accept
her roles as a friend, lover, wife and a mother as she forges her way
in the world.
‘Balika Vadhu’ very
sensitively portrays the plight of children who are unwittingly forced
into marriage, in the name of tradition, and have to bear the
repercussions for the rest of their lives.