The Barren Bride

In rural Assam India a girls onset of menstruation is celebrated publicly through elaborate rituals symbolising her readiness for childbearing and marriage But the young Gunati suffers from a disease that obstructs menstruation placing her in a pitiable degrading situation She faces a dilemma when despite her condition a young man proposes marriage The film poignantly conveys Gunatis alienation and ostracisation presenting a womans perspective in a strictly patriarchal society