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Dor

डोर · 2006

A Rajasthani widow must sign a pardon for the man convicted of killing her husband, and his wife comes to ask for it.

Director
Nagesh Kukunoor
Year
2006
Genre
Drama
Cast
Ayesha Takia, Gul Panag, Shreyas Talpade

Why it's in the canon

Two women, one impossible request, and a friendship that has no business existing.

A Rajasthani widow must sign a pardon for the man convicted of killing her husband, and his wife comes to ask for it.

Dor sits in the 2000s alongside Lagaan and Dil Chahta Hai — a decade this canon treats as formative.

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