Khap (film)

Khap is a 2011 Hindi film starring Yuvika Chaudhary, Om Puri, Govind Namdev, Manoj Pahwa, and Mohnish Bahl. Directed by Ajai Sinha, the film is a socio-political drama based on the Manoj-Babli honour killing case and Khap Panchayats in villages of Haryana, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh, which order honour killing to prevent marriages within the same gotra.

Plot

Madhur Chaudhary (played by Mohnish Bahl) moves out of his rural home, leaving his father alone after various disputes they have. Madhur re-locates to Delhi along with his wife, Komal, and daughter, Ria (played by Yuvika Chaudhary). Sixteen years later, Ria is now in college, while Madhur is an investigator with the Human Rights Department.

Madhur is asked to investigate a case in his village of alleged suicide of a couple, Veer and Surili. The locals, including the fathers of the couple, Daulat Singh and Sukhiram, respectively, admit that the couple had killed themselves. After going in depth in his investigation, Madhur finds out that the deaths are one of many that have taken place in a region that is still bound by the Khap Panchayat. It dictates that couples cannot marry distant relatives, nor can they have an inter-caste/inter-religious marriage. As he delves further into this issue, he ends up being attacked, is hospitalized, and then subsequently dies. Komal and Ria move in with Madhur's father, Omkar Singh Chaudhary (played by Om Puri), and eventually settle down in the village.

Omkar finds out that Ria is in love with fellow-collegian, Kush (played by Sarrtaj Gill), the son of South Africa-based Jagmohan and Saroj Mitter, and arranges their marriage. After the couple returns from their honeymoon, they find themselves locked in the same inhumane customs.