Zakhm is a 1998 Hindi film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, starring Ajay Devgan, Pooja Bhatt, Sonali Bendre, Kunal Khemu and Nagarjuna Akkineni. The movie depicts tension between religions in Indian society. Music director Ajay argues with his wife Sonia over whether to give birth to their child in a foreign country or in India . Ajay soon learns that his mother has been burned by a group of Muslim rioters while leaving a church and is in critical condition. In flashback, the struggles his mother had to undergo to raise her children are shown. She was in love with a Hindu film producer Raman... Desai but was not allowed to marry him on account of her Muslim faith. He marries her but does not document or acknowledge their marriage as it was done without any traditional upholdings. The fact that she had children with a Hindu man forces her to hide her faith and live her life as a Christian even in front of her son. After his father's death, Ajay realises his mother is a Muslim.
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