[1][2] The film The Forgotten Woman was shot in direct response to this interest and aims to increase awareness of the plight and marginalization of many of the millions of widows living in India today who are compelled by long-standing customs to spend their final years alone and shunned by the larger community.

The movie examines how these widows, who were forced by their family to give up their belongings, ended up being social outcasts.

The Forgotten Woman seeks to raise awareness of the various and pervasive challenges that still surround women's pursuit of economic independence in the 21st century in order to achieve a semblance of self-respect, self-sufficiency, and fundamental human decency.

[3] The film was primarily shot in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

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