Tehzeeb

One of the best films I've seen
Touching, real yet romantic - this is a beautiful film that explores the complicated relationship between mother and daughter. In the end one realizes life is too short to hold grudges and that people should be appreciated while they're still alive to know that they are. Sad yet lovely. Highly recommended film!

Worth Watching
Complicated mother-daughter relationships always have the makings of a good story, but especially so when the mother is a famous singer who neglected her children for the sake of her career and the daughter witnessed her beloved father's death but hid the weapon so her mom wouldn't go to jail. Actress Shabana Azmi is brilliant as the selfish, driven Rukhsana. Her adult daughter Tehzeeb (played by Urmila Matondkar) is a content, middle-class housewife, happily married to Salim (Arjun Rampal) and the caretaker of her mentally challenged sister, Nazneen (Diya Mirza). Rukhsana and Tehzeeb struggle to reconcile--and both want to, no matter how much they lash out at each other--and in the process, glimmers of insight make the reasons for their discord less black and white. When the gun that killed Tehzeeb's father resurfaces and a tragedy occurs, the truth of what happened the night he died comes to light, leading to a somewhat unexpected, bittersweet end. The only things marring this film...

unique mother-daughter movie
tehzeeb is a story of a mother and her 2 daughters, one who is mentally challenged..urmila shows her versatility as one of bollywood top female actresses by portraying the daughter of a famous singer...the movie presents a honest believable story which explores the relationship between the two..also there is an excellent performance by tehzeebs husband..he is the only real male presence in the movie...not your typical urmila dance em up...

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