Sanshodhan

Sanshodhan (The Amendment) is a 1996 Indian film on the theme of reservation of women's seats in local self-government, produced by National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

[1] The film, directed by Govind Nihalani starred Manoj Bajpayee, Vanya Joshi and Ashutosh Rana.

[2] The story is about the latest Amendment announced by the government, reserving one third of the seats in every Village Panchayat (council) for females.

The village head, Ratan, and members decide to let the women in their families contest the reserved seats in the hope that they would continue to have their writ run.

Also asked to contest is Vidya, the newly married bride of a poor store owner, Bhanwar, who is indebted to the village head.