Director: B. Narasinga Rao; Producer: B. Ramachandra Rao; Cinematographer: A.K. Bir; Editor: Rajagopal D (Editing); Cast: Archana, Roopa, Bhopal Reddy, Sidappa Naidu, Shilpa
Duration: 01:27:09; Aspect Ratio: 1.707:1; Hue: 33.753; Saturation: 0.191; Lightness: 0.246; Volume: 0.138; Cuts per Minute: 3.155; Words per Minute: 12.792
Summary: Political melodrama set in the 20s addressing
the practice of purchasing slave girls, often
given as dowry in a marriage, by zamindar
families under the rule of the Nizam of
Hyderabad. Kamakshi (Archana), a daasi
bonded to Jayasimha Rao, becomes pregnant
by her owner. At the command of the
zamindar’s self-indulgent and childless wife,
Kamakshi is forced to have an abortion. The
film uses a neo-expressionist style e.g. the dark
servants’ quarters, the drumbeats announcing
the pregnancy of the landlord’s sister
counterpointed with the daasi’s screams as the
midwife terminates her pregnancy, etc.
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