- Country: India
- Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
- Release: 2001-08-31
- Director: Rajkumar Santoshi
- Writers: Ranjit Kapoor , Haroon Rashid , Ashok Rawat , Rajkumar Santoshi
- Language: Hindi
- Stars: Manisha Koirala , Jackie Shroff , Madhuri Dixit , Ajay Devgn , Rekha , Anil Kapoor (IV) , Mahima Chaudhry , Danny Denzongpa , Suresh Oberoi , Gulshan Grover
- Runtime: 202 min
- Awards: 1 win & 21 nominations
- AKA: The Shame (India) , Lajja - Schande (Germany) , Lajja , Lajja (India) , Беглянка (Russian Federation) , Lajja (India)
- Plot:
Vaidehi (Manisha Koirala) gets married to Raghuvir (Jackie Shroff), an NRI. Suffering the agony of an unhappy marriage, she decides to run away from him when she learns that she is pregnant and he wants to take the child away from her. In her pursuit for freedom, she meets Mythili (Mahima Chaudhury) a bride-to-be, Janaki (Madhuri Dixit) a theatre artist and Ramdulari (Rekha) a village midwife – all of whom are victims of male chauvinism. They however refuse to be put down and fight for their rights.
- IMDB:tt0293342
Lajja Cast · · · ALL
Rajkumar Santoshi
Director
Rekha
Ramdulaari
Anil Kapoor
(IV)
Raju
Jackie Shroff
Raghu
Madhuri Dixit
Janki
Ajay Devgn
Bulwa
Manisha Koirala
Vaidehi
Mahima Chaudhry
Maithili
Gulshan Grover
Virender
Rohini Hattangadi
Mrs. Hazarilal
Farida Jalal
Mrs. Saroj
Tinnu Anand
Purshotam
Samir Soni
Manish
Suresh Oberoi
Raghu's dad
Govind Namdeo
Hazarilal
Anjan Srivastav
Nekchand (Maithili's dad)
Jaya Bhattacharya
Lata
Gopi Bhalla