I watched it very recently on YouTube. It is a 2006 drama by Nagesh Kukunoor - a tale of two ladies, far away from each other, unknown to each other's existence but yet connected by a tragedy. A must watch with a powerful story and amazing acting, especially by Aayesha Takia. Story (9/10): Dor is the story of two ladies - one, Meera (Aayesha Takia) is the wife of the deceased and another, Zeenat (Gul Panaag) is the wife of the convict. While one is trying to cope with the loss of her husband, another is on a mission to do everything possible under the sun to save her husband from execution under the Saudi law. While the government is in process of exploring all the diplomatic options, there is a ray of hope for Zeenat. However, that hope can't materialize without the help from Meera - wife of the very man, for the murder of which, her husband is convicted. While Zeenat has an agony of her own, Meera is fighting another battle in rural Rajasthan where the life of a widow is pretty much the same as dead and only her body has some material value. For someone who loves dancing and music, giving up all forms of entertainment, colorful clothes and any kind of interaction with the outside world is pretty much like a life sentence. As Zeenat tries to befriend her to convince her for help she discovers Meera's struggles and motivates her to break the shackles and claim what's rightfully hers.Acting (9/10): This is perhaps Aayesha Takia's best and the only serious performance in her career after Socha Na Tha. Her portrayal of a very young widow, who isn't able to understand the restrictions but somehow makes peace with it, is brilliant. Gul Panaag is good overall but lacked impact in intense scenes where Aayesha Takia was very comfortable. Girish Karnad, playing Aayesha's father in law who is far more worried about his "haveli" and so-called reputation than anything else in the world is impressive. He is one of the few actors who are equally effective in both, positive and negative, characters. Shreyas Talpade, playing a Rajasthani local who helps Gul Panaag reach Aayesha Takia, is good with his dialogues, comic timing and Rajasthani accent. Overall, the movie was well supported in terms of acting. Direction (7/10): Nagesh Kukunoor was impressive. His tendency to spend time on the background of Meera's marriage (relationship with her husband in a conservative society) and portrayal of her aspirations gave a much deeper understanding of the character. Unfortunately, he didn't work that deep on Zeenat's character. The movie is a little baffling in the beginning and few times goes off track. The climax was great and justified the length. Overall (8/10): Overall, the movie is a great watch, especially for a predictable but still a very well executed story.

Nageesh has proved it again. This is an amazing movie with the right mix of all emotions and a powerful social message. An amazing concoction with well done humor and a very powerful message. The movie is about two distant women (both literally and figuratively) brought together because of circumstances and how their personalities influence each other. Talpade("bahroopiya")seems to have grown with every role he has been cast in (remember Iqbal). I think the brilliance is how Nageesh has brought forward a very important social issue of how women esp.widows are treated. He has kept it subtle, almost subliminal, in a way that the movie wasn't categorized as an 'artsy' flick. His choice of cast(not only the lead cast but esp.Talpade) is great again. He is proving to be a very talented Director. Well Done !!!

Nagesh Kukunoor impresses once again with a different script. He is one man in bollywood who is fast learning the tricks of trade and coming out with low budget money spinners. Gul Panag, Ayesha Takia and Shreyash give powerhouse performances, although nagesh would have done better without acting. It has nice music and visuals which keeps you going. The film start rather slowly but gets interesting after initial 30 minutes. At times the movie lacks pace and sometimes the script is not convincing otherwise the movie would have appealed to a much wider audience. Recommended if you are into the so called 'off beat' cinema in Indian Films.

If someone were to discuss this movie at a tea party and you were to overhear it, this would sound like an amazing movie. This would have been an Amazing movie if the casting had been better. Ayesha Takia seems OK, but has surprised many by coming up with an average performance as long as she wasn't speaking too much. Her dialect is too dry and monotonous which only a person who understands/speaks Hindi very well will find annoying. Nagesh (the Director) as Chopra is totally bizarre. (as bizarre as casting Stallone as the Godfather).I would still say that the overall concept behind the movie is excellent, it would have been good to see some strong actors in this movie though.Some unsual things I noticed: When Shreyas Talpade (the Behroopiya) is playing the cop, I could hear dialogs from an old Tamil movie. I know tamil and the tamil dialogs didn't have anything related to what was going on. It seems weird when the backdrop of the movie is in Rajasthan.When Chopra makes the indecent proposal, I just can't imagine how he managed not be thrown out of the haveli and stay alive. Strict regulations on Rajput women is one thing, but this is something that is never ever gonna happen in Rajashthan and is too silly to believe even in a film.I believe the film would have been better if the director had set this movie in a backdrop he understands (ANdhra pradesh our maybe part of south India) and better casting. As much as I admire Nagesh's works, it seems that he had no understanding about North Indian culture especially Rajasthan.