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Doghi

1995 164’ col Marathi co-d/s Sumitra Bhave co-d Sunil Sukhtankar pc NFDC-Doordarshan lyr N.D. Manohar c Charudatt Dukhande m Anand Modak lp Renuka Daftardar, Uttara Baokar, Sonali Kulkarni, Sadashiv Amarapurkar, Suryakant, Madhu Kambikar, Parth Umaran

Debut feature by sociologist and NGO activists Bhave and Sukhtankar, known earlier for their short film Chakori (1992). Two sisters from a poor rural family sustain their relationship in the face of a variety of problems. Their parents (Suryakant, Baokar) are wage labourers who also attempt to till their piece of infertile land. Gauri (Dafardar), whose marriage is abandoned when the groom dies, ends up a prostitute in order to pay for her sister Krishna’s (Kulkarni) future and her family’s maintenance.

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