Daasi

feature film, 1988.

DIRECTED BY: Bongu Rao

Daasi

CAST:
Archana (Kamakshi),
Bhoopal Reddy,
Rupa

SCRIPT:
Bongu Narsing Rao

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Apurba Kishore Bir

Synopsis:
The story is set near Hyderabad in the first half of the twentieth century. Kamakshi was sold for a small amount of money to a rich feudal family. She works as a maid, doing all possible jobs, and at the same time she is forced to be available to her master or his friends at any moment. Suffering constant harassment, Kamakshi gets pregnant. Although she wants to keep the child, she has no rights and they force her to terminate the pregnancy.

telugu, 35 mm, color, 94 min