Lajja is a 2001 Bollywood film directed by Rakjumar Santoshi. The film depicts several women, and their struggles, as they meet The Protagonist, Vaidehi (Manisha Koirala).Tropes used in Lajja:
Defiled Forever: Janki is considered this for getting pregnant outside of wedlock, and even considered insane.
Also, Sushma is considered this, even though Prakash only kissed her. (Her family actually mourns her as though she's dead.)
Maithili, too, because she rejected a marriage to her wimpy college sweetheart (from old money), because of her fiance's father's greed. Offscreen, Raju marries her, so she won't have to be alone forever or have to kill herself to save her family's honor.
Fridge Horror: During Maithili's sequence, Raju comes across a prostitute who is arguing with several men (apparently customers trying to cheat her out of money), and she mentions that she is only doing this so her sister will have enough dowry money. Maithili is getting married, and her family is having trouble scraping together the dowry that her fiance's family wants.
Happy Ending: Raghu starts treating Vaidehi properly, and she gives birth to a healthy baby girl in New York City whom she names Ramdulaari. Meanwhile, Raju is Happily Married to Maithili, and makes a living as a New York City cab driver rather than stealing. And Janki is no longer held in the Bedlam House, but performs in a theatre in N.Y.C, doing charity shows to raise money that support women's organizations back in India.
Heel Face Turn: Eventually, Vaidehi's husband sees that he's been a real Jerkass, and mends his ways.
Rape and Revenge: Bulwa avenges Ramdulaari. In fact, he takes issue with ill-treatment of women in general (whether rape is involved or not), because Gajendra tried to rape Bulwa's mother when she begged him for a small pot of water during a drought.
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