Daasi (1988 film)

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Daasi
Directed byB. Narsing Rao
Produced byB. Narsing Rao
Written byB. Narsing Rao
K. N. T. Sastry
(additional screenplay)
StarringArchana
Bhoopal Reddy
Rupa
CinematographyApurba Kishore Bir
Release date
26 June 1988
Running time
94 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Daasi (transl. A bonded women) is a 1988 Indian Telugu-language drama film written and directed by B. Narsing Rao starring Archana as Daasi Kamalakshi.[1] The film won five honors including Best Feature Film in Telugu at the 36th National Film Awards, "For portraying the grim reality of a feaudal milieu through original and rare use of film language" as cited by the Jury, [2] and the Diploma of Merit award at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival in 1989.[3] The film was subsequently screened in the Indian Panorama at the 12th International Film Festival of India.[4][5]

Plot[edit]

The story is of Kamalakshi (Archana), a bonded woman known as Daasi in Hyderabad State in the 1920s in Telangana region. She has been sold by her family for money to be the servant of a wealthy couple. She is expected to do every chore imaginable in their house. She is also required to be the sexual toy of the man of the house (Dora) and his guests - anywhere and at any time of the day or night. When she becomes pregnant, she endures and hopes to keep the baby. However she is forced to have an abortion.

Cast[edit]

Awards[edit]

National Film Awards

References[edit]

  1. "Award-winning B. Narasinga Rao brings quality to Telugu cinema". India Today.
  2. "36th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  3. "Telugu creative genius Narsingh Rao's films regale Delhi". News.webindia123.com. 21 December 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  4. "1989 IFFI" (PDF). Iffi.nic.in. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  5. "NYIFF 2016". www.iaac.us.

External links[edit]

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