The Extended Canon
Zubeidaa
ज़ुबैदा · 2001
A son reconstructs the life of the actress mother who became a prince's second wife and died in a plane crash.
- Director
- Shyam Benegal
- Year
- 2001
- Genre
- Biography · Drama
- Cast
- Karisma Kapoor, Rekha, Manoj Bajpayee
Why it's in the canon
Karisma Kapoor's best dramatic work and Rahman's most underrated Hindi score.
A son reconstructs the life of the actress mother who became a prince's second wife and died in a plane crash.
Zubeidaa sits in the 2000s alongside Lagaan and Dil Chahta Hai — a decade this canon treats as formative.
The Bollywood 100The essentials
- Directed by Shyam Benegal — also responsible for Manthan, Ankur, Bhumika.
- Released in 2001, in the 2000s — see everything else from that decade.
- Filed under Biography, Drama.
- Read more on Wikipedia, check the full crew on IMDb, or find a legal stream via JustWatch.
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