| Khap | |
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| Directed by | Ajai Sinha |
| Written by | Ashok Lal (script) Vinod Ranganathan (script) Ishaan Trivedi (dialogues) Vijay Verma (dialogues) |
| Story by | Ajai Sinha |
| Produced by | Sangita Sinha Siddhant Sinha |
| Starring | Yuvika Chaudhary Om Puri Govind Namdev |
| Cinematography | Lokesh Bhalla |
| Edited by | Sanjay Sankla |
| Music by | Annujj Kappoo |
Production company | Ananda Film & Telecommunications |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Khap is a 2011Hindi film starringYuvika Chaudhary,Om Puri,Govind Namdev,Manoj Pahwa, andMohnish Bahl.[1] Directed by Ajai Sinha, the film is a socio-political drama based on theManoj-Babli honour killing case andKhap Panchayats in villages of Haryana, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh, which orderhonour killing to prevent marriages within the samegotra.[2][3][4]
Madhur Chaudhary (played byMohnish Bahl) moves out of his rural home, leaving his father alone after various disputes they have. Madhur re-locates to Delhi along with his wife, Komal, and daughter, Ria (played byYuvika Chaudhary). Sixteen years later, Ria is now in college, while Madhur is an investigator with the Human Rights Department.
Madhur is asked to investigate a case in his village of alleged suicide of a couple, Veer and Surili. The locals, including the fathers of the couple, Daulat Singh and Sukhiram, respectively, admit that the couple had killed themselves. After going in depth in his investigation, Madhur finds out that the deaths are one of many that have taken place in a region that is still bound by the Khap Panchayat. It dictates that couples cannot marry distant relatives, nor can they have an inter-caste/inter-religious marriage. As he delves further into this issue, he ends up being attacked, is hospitalized, and then subsequently dies. Komal and Ria move in with Madhur's father, Omkar Singh Chaudhary (played byOm Puri), and eventually settle down in the village.
Omkar finds out that Ria is in love with fellow-collegian, Kush (played by Sarrtaj Gill), the son of South Africa-based Jagmohan and Saroj Mitter, and arranges their marriage. After the couple returns from their honeymoon, they find themselves locked in the same inhumane customs.