Daayraa is a 1997 Bollywood

Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

  movie starring Nirmal Pandey

Nirmal Pandey

Nirmal Pandey was an Indian Bollywood actor, who was known for his role Vikram Mallah in Shekhar Kapur's Bandit Queen , for portrayal of a transvestite in Daayraa for which he won a Best Actor Valenti award in France, Train To Pakistan and Godmother .He was supposed to watch his latest film...

, Sonali Kulkarni

Sonali Kulkarni

Sonali Kulkarni is an Indian actress. She was born in Pune. She has majorly worked in Marathi and Hindi films. She is famous for her role in Dil Chahta Hai.-Career:...

 . It was directed by Amol Palekar

Amol Palekar

Amol Palekar is an Indian actor of the 1970s and a director of Hindi and Marathi cinema.-Theater career:Palekar began in Marathi experimental theatre with Satyadev Dubey, and later started his own group, Aniket, in 1972 [citation needed]...

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Synopsis

Set on the north eastern coast of India this unusual Indian film mixes the genres of Bollywood (the song) with a tough hard hitting look at Indian society looking at areas of women's place in Indian village society, cross dressing, rape and the history of Indian folk song. These provocitive issues are woven into a story using folk songs to tell the story and in one memorable scene poking fun at the Bollywood style musical number.

Cast and characters

Character Name	Played by
The Transvestite	Nirmal Pandey Nirmal Pandey Nirmal Pandey was an Indian Bollywood actor, who was known for his role Vikram Mallah in Shekhar Kapur's Bandit Queen , for portrayal of a transvestite in Daayraa for which he won a Best Actor Valenti award in France, Train To Pakistan and Godmother .He was supposed to watch his latest film...
The Girl	Sonali Kulkarni Sonali Kulkarni Sonali Kulkarni is an Indian actress. She was born in Pune. She has majorly worked in Marathi and Hindi films. She is famous for her role in Dil Chahta Hai.-Career:...
Madam	Faiyyaz
Bar Owner	Rekha Sahay
Widow	Nina Kulkarni Nina Kulkarni Nina Kulkarni is an Indian film actress and producer. she has appeared in many Hindi and Marathi movies.- Filmography :Folloing table shows list of films-References:...
Garage Owner	Haidar Ali
Abductor	Nandu Madhav
Abductor	Nagesh Bhosie
Girl's Parent	Rekha Sabnis
Girl's Parent	Sanjay Sharma
Sushila's Husband	Kalyani Karandikar
Jeep Driver	Ganesh Yadav
Rapist	Shezaad
Rapist	Brijesh Singh
Rapist	Rajiv Mohanty