Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Damul

Timestamp:

Jul 16, 2012, 5:47:17 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

Trupti

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Damul

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+'''Damul'''
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+aka Bonded until Death
+1984 141’(125’) col Hindi
+d/p/sc Prakash Jha pc Prakash Jha Prod.
+dial/st Shaiwal based on his story Kaabutra
+c Rajan Kothari m Raghunath Seth
+lp Manohar Singh, Sreela Majumdar, Annu
+Kapoor, Deepti Naval, Pyare Mohan Sadhay,
+Braj Kishore, Gopal Sharan, Om Prakash
+
+
+Melodrama set in Bihar addressing poverty,
+rural exploitation and the politics of
+Untouchability. Madho (Manohar Singh), the
+village head, uses the conventional system of
+bonded labour (i.e. labourers have to sign a
+paper assuming the debts of their ancestors) to
+subjugate the Harijan labourer Sanjeevan
+(Kapoor). Madho also runs an extortion racket
+based on stealing cattle and then requiring the
+owners to buy them back. Sanjeevan’s story is
+intercut with Madho’s multifarious misdeeds
+and the equally nefarious doings of Madho’s
+rival, the politician Bachcha Singh. Madho’s
+younger brother heads the gang of thugs who
+enforce the headman’s will, including rigging
+the elections, raping and killing the widow
+Mahatmeen when she threatens to expose him
+in court, framing Sanjeevan for the crime, etc.
+In the end, Sanjeevan’s wife Rajuli kills Madho.
+Jha’s 2nd film uses a continuously circling
+camera, converting the melodrama into a
+frontier tale of crime, sex and revenge, with
+colourful clothes and exotic accents.
+
+[[Film]]