Daasi
feature film, 1988.
DIRECTED BY: Bongu Rao
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