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	Matrubhoomi - Movie Preview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Termed as one of the most critically acclaimed film churned out in recent times, the flick is going to release in 6 different regional languages of the country in June this year.
		Directed by Manish Jha, Matrubhoomi is theoretically set in the rural areas of Northern India, where because of the mass female infanticide the society is bereft of women and its eventual consequences.
		Matrubhoomi features the gorgeous Bollywood lass Tulip Joshi in the pivotal role for the very first time in her career along side Sushant Singh and Sudhir Pandey.
	movies.indiainfo.com /preview/2005/matrubhoomi.html (391 words)

	"Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women" By Manish Jha
		Perhaps the first full-length feature film on female infanticide, Matrubhoomi is noteworthy, not just because it is imaginative, but because it is less imagined, and more real, than it seems.
		Matrubhoomi uses relentless brutality to shock, but at a certain point, the shock turns to numbness, as Jha hammers away with endlessly repeated close-ups of Kalki's battered face with yet another man untying his pyjamas in the background.
		Because finally, the violations that Kalki suffers in this womanless universe is, after all, the fate of many women even today, patriarchal property to be bought and sold, raped, tortured in marriage, abused, battered, mauled during riots, used as reproductive tools.
	www.countercurrents.org /gen-wadhwa040304.htm (521 words)

	Matrubhoomi • Movie Preview - Mahiram.com
		The film "Matrubhoomi - A nation without women" explores the impact of absence of women on men.
		The instability, which can creep into a society due to the absence of women - be it physical, emotional and psychological - is the main theme of the film.
		Distributed by Sridevi and Boney Kapoor, Matrubhoomi is directed by Manish Jha and has already made rounds of several international film festivals.
	www.mahiram.com /movies/previews/2005/matrubhoomi.html (326 words)

	Music India OnLine - Tulip Joshi, Actress (Matrubhoomi) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Matrubhoomi may be a very sad film but the shoot was enjoyable because the unit was so great.
		Matrubhoomi was a very real film and you can’t cheat the camera.
		Matrubhoomi is a hard-hitting film but I’m sure people will be able to connect with it.
	www.musicindiaonline.com /n/m/interviews___hindi/51 (1855 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Look (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Matrubhoomi was first shown at the Venice Film Festival back in October 2003 where it won an award for the Best Film in the non-competitive section.
		Matrubhoomi was completed in October 2003 and Jha avoids going into the reasons behind the delay in its commercial release.
		That may not be strictly the case as Jha seems to have carved a niche for himself that goes beyond the film’s commercial success.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050522/asp/look/story_4770841.asp (1084 words)

	Bollywood news Webindia123.com
		Twenty four-year-old scriptwriter and director Manish Jha's film "Matrubhoomi--- A Nation Without Women" is one such film which speaks of a village were there are no women and when after several years a woman does come to that village, she is exploited by every man in his own unique way.
		Though a futuristic film, Matrubhoomi's producer Sanjay Raut Ray of "Makdee" and "Paanch" fame and director Manish Jha along with their talented crew and rustic locations, have ensured that the film appears to be totally realistic.
		The first print of the film is expected to be complete by June this year and then the makers are planning to send the film for the various film festivals abroad.
	www.webindia123.com /movie/feature/f230203.htm (519 words)

	Stardust.co.in ::: Reviews - Film Analysis: Matrubhoomi — A Nation Without Women (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The director takes a fantasy trip stating that, years later, in that same village, there are no women left and the men take recourse to homosexuality and bestiality to satisfy their sexual urges.
		‘Matrubhoomi’ uses relentless brutality to shock, but at a certain point, the shock turns to numbness, as Manish Jha hammers away with endlessly repeated close-ups of Kalki’s battered face with yet another man untying his pyjamas in the background.
		But it is also a fact that director Manish Jha has taken the liberty of creating an boorish man’s world, where woman is used just as a sex object.
	www.stardustindia.com /display_Standard.asp?section=reviews&subsection=&xml=March2004_reviews_standard80 (1449 words)

	FILM PREVIEW: MATRUBHOOMI (2005) : Radio Sargam Online...: Bollywood Portal
		Matrubhoomi pours light on the issue of gender discrimination in India and concentrates on the issue of female infanticide.
		Matrubhoomi features Tulip Joshi in a leading role for the very first time in her career alongside Sushant Singh and Sudhir Pandey.
		Matrubhoomi is slated for release all over India on 3rd June 2005.
	www.radiosargam.com /movies/filmpreviews/m/matrubhoomi.htm (305 words)

	Matrubhoomi, un monde sans femmes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Cette métamorphose de l’homme en animal dans un monde sans femmes est le thème d’un nouveau film, Matrubhoomi : A Nation Without Women [Mère patrie : une nation sans femmes, sortie prévue en France en janvier 2005].
		Si Matrubhoomi, sans doute le premier long-métrage sur l’infanticide féminin, est digne d’intérêt, c’est parce qu’il est beaucoup plus ancré dans la réalité qu’il n’y paraît.
		Matrubhoomi mêle donc réalité d’aujourd’hui et vision futuriste.
	www.cinempire.com /cinempire_images/films/matrubhoomi/article/matrubhoomi.html (728 words)

	Matrubhoomi - Movie Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In a nutshell, Matrubhoomi will come across as a shocker to those traditional Indian audiences who have grown up on the staple diet of sugar-coated romances and feel-good/sunshine/escapist cinema.
		Matrubhoomi explores a futuristic rural India wherein due to rampant female infanticide, women are practically extinct.
		In fact, the villagers are so frustrated that they are ready to give dowry to the girls' parents -- a custom that is in sharp contrast to the existing norms.
	movies.indiainfo.com /reviews/2005/matrubhoomi.html (579 words)

	The Hindu : No woman, no bride
		But as the ironically named "Matrubhoomi" took shape on mind, paper and screen, the location shifted to the northern belt and the time to the future.
		Meanwhile statistics continued to record alarming falls in the population of women in many Indian States, indicating that the future was imminent.
		"Matrubhoomi" won the Fipresci Award from the Critics' Jury at the Venice film festival (2003), where it got a standing ovation from viewers.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/mag/2003/12/07/stories/2003120700270500.htm (867 words)

	The Hindu : Metro Plus Chennai / Cinema : A world without women?
		"Matrubhoomi — A Nation Without Women" is a disturbing portrayal of the fallout of female infanticide
		At the Tamil premier of "Matrubhoomi — A Nation Without Women," it fitted in with the general mood, post-screening, once people put away their tissues and began to breathe normally again.
		The team's hoping Matrubhoomi will reach out to an audience beyond the film festival circuit, which is why the dubbing has been done.
	www.hindu.com /mp/2005/06/06/stories/2005060600150400.htm (633 words)

	A double-edged knife - Deccan Herald - Internet Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Matrubhoomi is a scary comment on the future of Indian society for several reasons.
		Matrubhoomi is the story of such a girl whose father accepts a large amount of money to ‘sell’ her to a family of five brothers and their father, all of whom demand sexual relations with her whether she consents or not.
		It is unfortunate that films like Matrubhoomi are not considered ‘good business propositions’ by Bollywood bigwigs and that they languish on the dusty shelves of distributors’ offices.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/aug142005/finearts1128112005812.asp (918 words)

	Open Space India film reviews
		Set in Bihar, Jha's home state, Matrubhoomi transports the situation into an undefined time zone, opening with a harrowing sequence of a newborn girl-child being ritually drowned in a cauldron of milk.
		Years later, there are no women left in the village and the men take recourse to homosexuality and bestiality to satisfy their sexual urges.
		Edgy and provocative, Matrubhoomi received a standing ovation and the international critics' prize in Venice but displeased a section of viewers on home turf.
	www.openspaceindia.org /film_08.asp (816 words)

	Matrubhoomi DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The film ‘Matrubhoomi-A Nation without Women' explores the impact of absence of woman on men.
		In the throes of the devastating caste war that ensues over her, she gives birth to a girl.
		Matrubhoomi stars Tulip Joshi of 'Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai' fame and Sushant singh and is produced and presented by Sridevi and Boney Kapoor.
	www.cheaphindidvd.com /Matrubhoomi_DVD.html (269 words)

	Many Indians were upset with Matrubhoomi: Jha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		They were all young, but perhaps not younger than Jha, who began working on his first feature film Matrubhoomi, A Nation Without Women, when he was 23.
		That is how I started thinking of writing a story that would shake up people in their attitude towards women.
		It will be basically about Muslims in India, but just as in Matrubhoomi I have dealt with the exploitation of women in India in the hope that women who are exploited everywhere else, including America, will think about it [the exploitation].
	in.rediff.com /movies/2003/oct/16jha.htm (1421 words)

	Matrubhoomi (2003) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The title 'matrubhoomi' is an apt satirical name from this hard-hitting movie on female infanticide.
		The movie is based on a fictional, futuristic rural area in India where there is a dearth of fairer sex.
		Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Matrubhoomi (2003)
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0379375 (432 words)

	Film review: Matrubhoomi... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Set sometime in the future when female infantoecide has led to the virtual disappearance of women, Matrubhoomi examines the aftermath of such an occurrence.
		The laurels from the phirang community are expected because the film has everything that India stands for (in their eyes) — caste differences, impoverished villagers, women’s exploitation, violence and rioting.
		The Censors have been liberal with this one but next time, they may be ought to ensure that films like Matrubhoomi only find viewing on the festival circuit or on DVDs.
	ww1.mid-day.com /hitlist/2005/july/113500.htm (520 words)

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		I knew it was set in a dystopian society where there were hardly any women left, and that it involved a dark, twisted take on the Draupadi story - one woman shared by five men.
		But Matrubhoomi starts to go downhill when it moves from the general to the particular.
		I was annoyed when, after several scenes of gratuitous violence, Matrubhoomi finally ended with a solemn, self-congratulatory title disclosing statistics about the abuse of women in India.
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=8204542&postID=112106993643724574 (570 words)

	A land of good cinema? : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Matrubhoomi: A Land without Women, the 26-year-old filmmaker’s searing expose of female infanticide in rural Bihar, has the active backing of a big-ticket production and distribution set-up like Boney Kapoor’s.
		The film has, of course, encountered all the usual obstacles – exasperating procrastinations, frustrating postponements and dire proclamations regarding its perceived non-viability – on the way to the urban multiplexes.
		Two years after its completion, it is finally ready to vie for the attention of filmgoers in the face of competition from a mainstream behemoth like Anubhav Sinha’s Dus, which opens on the same day around the country, for the attention of filmgoers.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1423816,00110003.htm (620 words)

	Matrubhoomi: A Nation without Women
		Matrubhoomi falls in the latter category - one of the few instances where Bollywood has deviated from the happy go lucky into a stark and dark subject.
		Various critical issues are touched upon by the filmmaker from homsexuality to casteism which are quite in your face.
		After watching Matrubhoomi, you are perturbed by the problem of the low sex ratio in India because of female foeticide and infanticide.
	www.jammag.com /movies/show_movie.php?movie_id=273 (499 words)

	Planet Bollywood - News - Sushmita Promotes ´Matrubhoomi´ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		So bowled was she after watching Boney Kapoor's 'Matrubhoomi' that she volunteered to do her bit for the film even thouigh she is not connected with it in any way.
		Boney was touched when his heroine of 'Sirf Tum' and 'Bewafaa', agreed to accompany him to Calcutta to address a 'Matrubhooomi' press conference.
		While many in her place would have remained content by giving comments about the film to the press from their air-conditioned homes, Sush actually took the trouble of travelling to Calcutta and addressing the press there alongwith Boney.
	www.planetbollywood.com /displayArticle.php?id=070905014022 (116 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : etc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Time magazine ranked it one of the 10 best films of 2003, the year Matrubhoomi was made, and it’s since been screened in international film circuits, to applause and awards, but also to disdain and disgust.
		Inspired by a newspaper story about a village in Gujarat where there were no women left due to infanticide murders, Matrubhoomi begins with a girl child being killed and ends with another being born.
		It’s the most stomach-turning tale of our Matrubhoomi today, where according to latest Unesco reports, there are 35 million women missing from the Indian population in the last decade.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050715/asp/etc/story_4993775.asp (337 words)

	Matrubhoomi : Movie Review
		We come out of "Matrubhoomi" battered and ravaged by its oppressive command over the language of sexual tyranny.
		Even the raw and real "Bandit Queen" was at the end of the dread a vendetta tale where the casualty of oppression finally got her revenge.
		Though "Matrubhoomi" ends on a positive note, it remains to the end an essay of doom.
	www.santabanta.com /cinema.asp?pid=7338 (796 words)

	Bodybuilding championship
		Entries are invited for the Jai Matrubhoomi Foundation National Bodybuilding Championship, to be held at the Ravindra Natya Mandir in Mumbai on February 8 at 7.30 pm.
		The event, being held under the auspices of the Indian Bodybuilding Federation and Maharashtra State Bodybuilders Association, will be inaugurated by Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and deputy chief minister R R Patil.
		The winner of the championship will be conferred the title 'Jai Matrubhoomi Shree 2005' and awarded a trophy and cash prize of Rs 1,00,000.
	inhome.rediff.com /sports/2005/jan/17body.htm (164 words)

	Matrubhoomi - A nation without women movie preview : glamsham.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		According to an estimate, there are around 50 million women missing from the population of India due to gender discrimination.
		The invaluable contribution of women in keeping a society sane and stable and on the other hand emotional and psychological bankruptcy of a society where precariously unbalanced sex ratio has created a morally instable society are the impetus behind the film "Matrubhoomi - A nation without women".
		The film explores an India of the future, when women are an increasingly scarce species.
	www.glamsham.com /movies/previews/matrubhoomi.asp (579 words)

	Sahara One pulls out of Matrubhoomi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		According to reliable sources, Sahara One Motion Pictures is miffed with the manner in which Boney Kapoor handled Matrubhoomi (Sushant Singh, Tulip Joshi).
		It seems Sahara is not interested in acquiring the rights for Matrubhoomi as well as Paanch (Tejasvini Kolhapure-Kaykay Menon) anymore.
		Everything is fine with Matrubhoomi and Paanch, after which comes Dost and Milenge Milenge.
	web.mid-day.com /hitlist/2005/july/113667.htm (466 words)

	Matrubhoomi - A nation without women - IndianFeelings.com Online Magazine IIFA Awards Amsterdam India Ringtones Hindoe ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		´Matrubhoomi - A Nation Without Women´ is een futuristische documentaire en laat zien wat er kan gebeuren als vrouwen verdwijnen uit de samenleving van India……….
		De film ´Matrubhoomi - A nation without women´ gaat na wat het effect op mannen kan zijn door de afwezigheid van vrouwen in hun omgeving.
		´Matrubhoomi- A nation without women´ is begin 2004 uitgebracht, maar zal op 22 april aanstaande in 5 Indiase talen worden uitgebracht.
	www.indianfeelings.com /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1242&Itemid=58 (1108 words)

	'Matrubhoomi' in 6 languages
		'Matrubhoomi' is being touted as the first Indian film to release in 6 different languages - Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati, Bhojpuri and Hindi versions to release simultaneously across India on June 3rd, after a long wait.
		'Matrubhoomi' explores the subject of gender discrimination in our country – primarily dealing with the issue of female infanticide.
		It's hypothetically set in the rural areas of northern India, where due to the mass female infanticide the society is bereft of women and its eventual consequences.
	bollyvista.com /article/a/32/4782 (271 words)

	Matrubhoomi bags critics award- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		MUMBAI: Manish Jha's debut feature Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women has bagged the International Federation of Film Critics prize at the Venice film festival.
		One of the most significant, hard-hitting films to come out of India in some years, it explores an India of the future when, thanks to female infanticide and dowry deaths, the resulting famine of women precipitates the debasement of men themselves.
		Adds Tulip Joshi, who plays the female lead in Matrubhoomi, "The film is so hard-hitting, I was expecting them to throw jootas.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=173977 (455 words)

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