Maya may refer to:
Maya is a 2001 Hindi film directed by Digvijay Singh with Nitya Shetty, Mita Vashisht, Anant Nag and Nikhil Yadav in lead roles.
12-year-old Maya lives with her aunt Lakshmi, uncle Arun and cousin Sanjay, a typical middle-class family in rural India. The cousins enjoy a playful summer indulging in mischiefs and youthful pranks. But then the young girl has her first period that proves to be a turning point in her life. Maya's family begins making plans for a celebratory feast that involves a ritual rape.
The Film won international acclaim at the major film festivals it participated in. The music score by the America based duo of Manesh Judge and Noor Lodhi won Critics Mention at the Flanders Film Festival in Belgium. The music also received an award in England and came in third behind John Williams' score for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, and Leonardo DiCaprio's Catch me if you Can. The movie was first runners-up in People's Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival, one spot ahead of Mira Nair's well known hit, Monsoon Wedding.
Maya is a 2015 Pakistani horror film which is directorial debut of Jawad Bashir and produced by Hina Jawad under production banner Twister Films. The film features assembled cast including Ahmed Abdul Rehman, Hina Jawad, Zain Afzal, Sheikh Mohammad Ahmed and Anam Malik. Hina Jawad played the lead role of Maya in film. The film's story is inspired from a real paranormal event that occurred in Denmark.
The film was released nationwide on June 12, 2015.
A teaser trailer and poster was revealed by official Facebook on May 2, 2015. The film trailer was reviewed by DAWN.com as "Given that a good "screenplay and creative cinematography couldn't save Siyaah from a poor box office performance, Maya can hardly be expected to haunt the audience."
Born in a hovel
her mother cried too
The village named her Maya
Her father started anew.
Never told she was human
Never knew otherwise
Never doubted life's lessons
Stolen from her mother's eyes.
Ignored, she grows older
Unknowing of her plight
Dreamless, life has nothing to offer
Never given her a reason to flight.
Falls prey to a young man
gotta leave before he changes his mind
Got nothing much to carry
Everything to leave behind.
Sold into a brothel
Girlchild is just 15.
Maya
the name suits her well
this little life has never been
18, she's got the disease
Forgotten everything in between
New girl has come in from her place
gone to welcome her into her sin.
'Little sister your name won't do
Choose Maya, that was mine
In this place that is nothing new