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Kamla

  • 19841984
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
65
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Shabana Azmi, Deepti Naval, and Marc Zuber in Kamla (1984)
  • Drama
An ambitious journalist buys a girl from a village in rural India to expose the existence of flesh trade and embarrass the political elite.An ambitious journalist buys a girl from a village in rural India to expose the existence of flesh trade and embarrass the political elite.An ambitious journalist buys a girl from a village in rural India to expose the existence of flesh trade and embarrass the political elite.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
65
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Jag Mundhra
  • Writers
    • Vasant Dev(dialogue)
    • Vijay Tendulkar(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Shabana Azmi
    • Deepti Naval
    • Marc Zuber
Top credits
  • Director
    • Jag Mundhra
  • Writers
    • Vasant Dev(dialogue)
    • Vijay Tendulkar(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Shabana Azmi
    • Deepti Naval
    • Marc Zuber
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    • 3User reviews
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    Shabana Azmi and Deepti Naval in Kamla (1984)
    Shabana Azmi, A.K. Hangal, and Marc Zuber in Kamla (1984)
    Salma Agha, Jag Mundhra, Rajesh Rathi, and Syed Gulrez in Kamla (1984)
    Jag Mundhra and Rajesh Rathi in Kamla (1984)
    A.K. Hangal, Jag Mundhra, Rajesh Rathi, Marc Zuber, Vikas Mohan, and Amar Sharma at an event for Kamla (1984)

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    Shabana Azmi
    Shabana Azmi
    • Sarita Jadhavas Sarita Jadhav
    Deepti Naval
    Deepti Naval
    • Kamlaas Kamla
    Marc Zuber
    Marc Zuber
    • Jaisingh Jadhavas Jaisingh Jadhav
    A.K. Hangal
    A.K. Hangal
    • Kakasaab (Sarita's uncle)as Kakasaab (Sarita's uncle)
    Sulabha Deshpande
    Sulabha Deshpande
    • Kamlabaias Kamlabai
    Mazhar Khan
    Mazhar Khan
    • Biharias Bihari
    Shafi Inamdar
    Shafi Inamdar
    • Jaspal ji (editor)as Jaspal ji (editor)
    Jag Mundhra
    Jag Mundhra
    • Party guestas Party guest
    Anant Mahadevan
    Anant Mahadevan
    • Jornalistas Jornalist
    • (as Ananth Narayan Mahadevan)
    Rajesh Rathi
    • Jornalistas Jornalist
    Tun Tun
    Tun Tun
    • No Appearanceas No Appearance
    Gulshan Kapoor
    • Sethjias Sethji
    Akash Khurana
    Akash Khurana
    • Advocate - Khuranaas Advocate - Khurana
    Satej Pote
    • Ramdeoas Ramdeo
    Brij Bhushan Sawhney
    • Jainas Jain
    Sunita Singh
    • Telephone Operatoras Telephone Operator
    • Director
      • Jag Mundhra
    • Writers
      • Vasant Dev(dialogue)
      • Vijay Tendulkar(dialogue) (play) (screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      The movie 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, in a village named Shivpuri, Madya Pradesh for an amount of Rs.2,300. He presented the woman at a press conference.

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    10/10
    Incredible acting by Dipti Naval in title role
    Another great role by my fev Dipti Navalji. She have given her all in role. Woman who brought up in New York and shown this sort of sensitivity towards role is simply incredible.
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    • Feb 13, 2021

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    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Language
      • Hindi
    • Production company
      • Smriti Pictures
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      2 hours
    • Color
      • Color

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