Kamla (film)

Plot

Jaisingh Jadav (Marc Zuber), a Delhi-based journalist finds that even to this date, flesh trade exist in a village in Madhya Pradesh, the victims being girls belonging to the Bhil tribe. Like any avid journalist he travels to the village followed by really buying a girl named Kamla (Deepti Naval) and takes her to his home in Delhi. As his intentions were good, some days later he holds a press conference where he reveals the actual wrongdoings going on in the village.

Cast

Music

1. "Aaj Phir Aaine Se" - Salma Agha
2. "Insaano Ko Neelam Kare Duniya" - Pankaj Udhas
3. "Kaisa Yeh Karam" - Pankaj Udhas

Critical reception

Upon its release, Kamla received rave reviews. The Times of India in a review stated, "Deepti Naval is called to widen her eyes, tremble like a scared rabbit and drop pearly smiles. To her credit, she performs these chores competently." The Indian Express wrote, "Mundhara is to be complimented on getting two credible – perhaps notable – performances from Deepti Naval and Marc Zuber – whose talents have so far been pretty well concealed."

True Incident Inspiration

The movie is based on Tendulkar's play, which in turn is inspired by a real life expose by the journalist Ashwin Sarin, of The Indian Express. In the expose he actually bought a girl from the rural flesh market, from a village of Dholpur, Rajsthan, for an amount of Rs20000 . He presented the woman at a press conference.