Kajri

Kajri Hindi , a film based on real story. Though Indian cultural and religious traditions put women at a high pedestal, in reality they are subjected to all kinds of physical and mental exploitation. Women are treated as commodities and object of pleasure in a society dominated by men. Producer Jai Thakur and director Haidar Kazmi have tried to underline this social paradox in their thought provoking film Kajri. The film is based on a real life incident in Kadrava village of Bikaner district, in Rajasthan. The incident took place onFebruary 2002. It was a stark reminder of our moral degradation and the plight of rural women.

The young roadside Romeos and Ranjhas in the village longed for and lusted after her. Things come to a boil when one of the ruffians, a modern day incarnation of Ravana, spreads the falsehood that he has had physical relationship with Kajri. This creates a stir in the sleepy village and Kajris name and reputation is tarnished. The matter is finally brought before the village Panchayat which treats Kajri as the one in the wrong. Finally, the Panchayat, after much deliberation, puts the onus of proving her innocence on Kajri and suggests a way to do it.Kajri has to take the Agni Pareeksha. She has to walk through fire in nude in front of the Devi Mandir. If she is innocent, nothing will happen to her by the grace of Devi Maa. If she has sinned, she will be burnt to ashes. Even otherwise a woman of loose morals has no right to exist. ........

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