Kamla (film)

Kamla
Directed by	Jagmohan Mundhra
Produced by	Jagmohan Mundhra
Written by	Vijay Tendulkar Vasant Dev (dialogue)
Screenplay by	Vijay Tendulkar
Story 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
Release dates	1985 (1985)
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.^[1]

Plot

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.^[2]

Cast

• Shabana Azmi as Sarita Jadhav
• Deepti Naval as Kamla
• Marc Zuber as Jaisingh Jadhav
• A.K. Hangal as Kakasaab (Sarita's uncle)
• Sulabha Deshpande
• Tun Tun

Music

1. "Aaj Phir Aaine Se" - Salma Agha
2. "Insaano Ko Neelam Kare Duniya" - Pankaj Udhas
3. "Kaisa Yeh Karam" - Pankaj Udhas

Critical reception

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."^[3]

True Incident Inspiration

The movie 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.

References

External links

• Kamla at the Internet Movie Database