Kamla (film)
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| Directed by | Jagmohan Mundhra |
| Produced by | Jagmohan Mundhra |
| Written by |
Vijay Tendulkar Vasant Dev (dialogue) |
| Screenplay by | Vijay Tendulkar |
| Story by | Vijay Tendulkar |
| Based on | Kamala by Vijay Tendulkar |
| Starring |
Shabana Azmi Deepti Naval Marc Zuber A.K. Hangal Tun Tun Sulabha Deshpande |
| Music by | Bappi Lahiri |
| Cinematography | Pravin Bhatt |
| Edited by | Ashok Bandekar |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Kamla is a 1985 Hindi film produced and directed by Jagmohan Mundhra, starring Deepti Naval, Shabana Azmi, and Marc Zuber in lead roles. The film is titled after the character of Naval. The screenplay by Vijay Tendulkar was based on his play Kamala.
Jaisingh Jadav (Marc Zuber), a Delhi-based journalist finds that even to this date, flesh trade exist in a village in Madhya Pradesh, the victims being girls belonging to the Bhil tribe. Like any avid journalist he travels to the village followed by really buying a girl named Kamla (Deepti Naval) and takes her to his home in Delhi. As his intentions were good, some days later he holds a press conference where he reveals the actual wrongdoings going on in the village.
Upon its release, Kamla received rave reviews. The Times of India in a review stated, "Deepti Naval is called to widen her eyes, tremble like a scared rabbit and drop pearly smiles. To her credit, she performs these chores competently." The Indian Express wrote, "Mundhara is to be complimented on getting two credible – perhaps notable – performances from Deepti Naval and Marc Zuber – whose talents have so far been pretty well concealed."
The movie is based on Tendulkar's play, which in turn is inspired by a real life expose by the journalist Ashwin Sarin, of The Indian Express. In the expose he actually bought a girl from the rural flesh market, from a village of Dholpur, Rajsthan, for an amount of Rs20000 . He presented the woman at a press conference.
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