Matrubhoomi
| Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women | |
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| Directed by | Manish Jha |
| Produced by | Patrick Sobelman, Punkej Kharbanda |
| Written by | Manish Jha |
| Starring | Tulip Joshi, Sudhir Pandey, Piyush Mishra, Sushant Singh, Aditya Srivastava |
| Music by | Salim Merchant, Sulaiman Merchant |
| Cinematography | Venu Gopal |
| Edited by | Ashmith Kunder, Shirish Kunder |
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93 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women (Hindi: मातृभूमि, translation: Motherland) is a 2003 Indian film written and directed by Manish Jha. The film examines the impact of female foeticide and female infanticide on the gender balance and consequently the stability and attitudes of society. Its storyline bears some resemblance to real-life instances of gender imbalance and economics resulting in fraternal polyandry and bride buying in some parts of India. It depicts a future dystopia in an Indian village populated exclusively by males due to female infanticide over the years.
Matrubhoomi received widespread critical acclaim and was shown at festivals through 2003, including the 2003 Venice Film Festival, where it was presented in the Critic's Week (Parallel Sections) and later awarded the FIPRESCI Award "For it's [sic] important theme on women's issues and female infanticide handled with sensitivity by a first-time director".
The story begins in a rural village in Bihar, with the delivery of a baby girl to a village couple. Her disappointed father, who was hoping for a boy, drowns her in vat of milk in a public ceremony. Many years later somewhere around 2050 A.D., this unchecked trend leads to the village being populated solely by males. The now uncouth and aggressive young men of the village are desperate for wives and release their frustration through group screenings of imported pornographic films, cross-dressed dance performances, and even bestiality. They are shown to be willing to go to the lengths of human trafficking and courtship-driven emigration to procure spouses for themselves.
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