Bawandar
Bawandar English title The Sand Storm is a 2000 Indian film, based on the true story of Bhanwari Devi, a rape victim from Rajasthan, India. The film depicts the personal trauma, public humiliation and legal injustice that Bhanwari Devi went through, while pursuing justice in the Indian courts.
The story is introduced through firstpart narration by a foreign reporter called Amy Laila Rouass, who has read about Sanwaris case in a newspaper. Amy and her friendcuminterpreter Ravi Rahul Khanna visit Sanwaris village to investigate the matter, five years after the gang rape incident. On their arrival in Rajasthan, they encounter an old man Sohan Raghuvir Yadav, who helps them on their way to a village where they encounter Sanwaris rapists. Sohan turns out to be Sanwaris husband, and tells the tale of Sanwaris rape case.Shobha Deepti Naval is a social worker who works for the Government of India. Her job involves create awareness against childmarriage and other social evils. In Dhabri, she recruits Sanwari Nandita Das as a saathin, a grassroots worker employed as part of the Womens Development Project run by the Government of Rajasthan. Sanwari is a lowcaste potter her husband Sohan is a rickshawpuller, and the couple has a young girl called Kamli. ........
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