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The harshness in their lives
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Director K.N.T. Sastry's `Kamli' shows a range of emotions
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HARSH REALITIES Nandita Das in the movie `Kamli'
Filmmaker K.N.T Sastry says of his movie Kamli... "My daughter threw light on the lambadas leading peripheral lives in thandas (hamlets) in Andhra Pradesh. Whether they are on the move or settled in a hamlet in the poverty-ridden Telengana region, life has always been harsh for them."
Nandita Das the lead character showed how hard working a lambada woman can be and takes up the fight at the hospital staircase and ultimately gets back her baby that has been swapped."
The girl child amongst the lambadas has become an expendable commodity and the scene where Shafi who plays the irresponsible and alcoholic husband tries to convince Kamli to sell the girl child to overcome the financial problems is worth a watch.
K.N.T. Sastry says, "the scene is based on a real life incident and is actually a direct lift from my watchman's life.
I've been a witness to their fight at the hospital ward. Shafi has been so realistic and has done a fantastic job. Nandita lived Kamli's role."
An array of emotions
The director has succeeded in showing the entire shades of emotion that a mother undergoes when she loses her baby.
The struggle of a hapless lambada and finally how she spontaneously accepts the orphaned child that has been left in the cradle, speaks of the bond between a mother and an abandoned infant.
Shafi had spent days at PC Thanda near Ibrahimpatnam, Mehboobnagar, Pillala Marri and Achampet with the lambadas to learn their body language and their lifestyle.
The film had already gained official entry to the Pusan Film Festival in Korea and the Asian Film Festival in Mumbai. K.N.T. Sastry dedicates the film to Soundarya who was his original choice to play the lead role.
The film is a plea to stop children from becoming commodities to be booked in the womb.
Y. SUNITA CHOWDHARY
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