Director: Pranab Das; Writer: Pranab Das; Producer: Amiya Patnaik; Cinematographer: Rajan Kinagi; Editor: Mukhtar Ahmed; Cast: Sujata Anand, Jaya B., Ajit Das, Hemanta Das, Bijoy Mohanty, Asit Pati, Jairam Samal, Sahu Samuel, Dukhiram Swain, Dolly (Bijoya) Jena, Jayi, Jharana Das
Summary: Sidhu Majhe, former bonded labourer and
murdered and member of a ‘scheduled’ tribe,
gets a much-covered job in the Indian
Administrative Service following the
government’s policy of ‘positive discrimination’
(better known as the Mandal Commission
recommendations). In the process he is forced
to marry a sophisticated urban woman and
loses contact with his social origins. The loss is
emphasised when members of his community
are evicted from their land. The film was
attacked for its anti-tribal and anti-reservation
biases.
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