Mai (1989)

Bhojpuri hit melodrama invoking a Gorky-type mother figure in the village of Karitpur in Central India. She and her family, notably her younger brother-in-law Kundan and her sister- in-law Radha, come up against the evil violence of the young local zamindar who tries to appropriate the village land. One-time Hindi actress Padma Khanna, now a major Bhojpuri star, plays the lead.