Daayraa (1997) , a 1997drama movie released on 6/13/1997 starring Nirmal Pandey, Sonali Kulkarni, Faiyyaz, Rekha Sahay, Nina Kulkarni, Haidar Ali, Nandu Madhav, Nagesh Bhonsle, Rekha Sabnis, Sanjay Sharma, Kalyani Karandikar, Ganesh Yadav, Shezaad, Brijesh Singh, Rajiv Mohanty, Ravi Gossain, Hiraial Jain, Mithali Kamat, Rakhi Das, Vinayak Misra, Nikhil Baran Sengupta, Sai Deodhar, Gauri Joshi, produced by Pravesh Sippy.
Set on the north eastern coast of India this unusual Indian film mixes the genres of Bollywood (the song) with a toght hard hitting look at Indian society looking at areas of women's place in Indian village society, cross dressing, rape and the history of Indian folk song. These provocitive issues are woven into a story using folk songs to tell the story and in one memorable scene poking fun at the Bollywood style musical number.
The soundtrack features songs like Ek Main Aur Ek Tu, Chhoote Naahi Chhoote Na, Bolo Kya Tum Bas Itna Sa, Palkon Pe Chalte Chalte, Daayi Aankh Bole Kabhi sung by Hariharan, Jaspinder Narula.
