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Devaki - 2006 [DVD] |
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Not Rated |
| Year : |
2006 |
| Playtime : |
90 Minutes |
| Lang : |
Hindi |
| Genre : |
Drama |
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Devaki, is forced into a marriage with a seventy years old man. On the night of the marriage she is brutally raped by the brother of the impotent old man in order to establish the age-old practice of physical dominance of the male over the female. In protest to the feudal practices, Nandini, an urban girl, who has come to the village to work as an N.G.O. activist quit her job and comes back to the city.
But soon Nandini finds out that the urban life is bo different .Economically betrayed and physically used by her lover.Nandini desperately joins an advertising agency. But she is shocked to find out that her father,Who has deserted the family many years back,owns the agency. The father comes up with a proposal for Nandini to sleep with one of the client in order to procure a business deal.
Meanwhile ,Devaki developes a relation with a low caste runway boy.For the first time in her life ,she felt loved and valued and an escape from her tormented daily life.
Meanwhile,Nandini decides to sell her self to the old client,as a revenge on her father .The film makes an introspective journey in to the lives of two women coming from strikingly different background and proves the point that irrespective of the social condition ,literacy level or the economic status women in our society are still treated as commodities.
Best Feature Film Award at "Asheville Film Festival", USA
Nominated for Best Feature Film at Osian's Festival of Asian Cinema, World Film Festival (Montreal), Temecula Intl' Film Festival, IDAHO Intl' Film Festival, Sao Paula Intl' Film Festival, NETPAC, Golden Peace Festival, Golden Knight Malta Intl' Film Festival, Golden Gate Intel' Film Festival. |
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| Devaki DVD Details |
| Year : |
2006 |
| Playtime : |
90 Minutes |
| Lang : |
Hindi |
| Release : |
Spark Media, Inc. |
| Genre : |
Drama, More New Releases**, Social |
| Rating : |
NR - Not Rated |
| Category : |
Bollywood DVD |
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