Devaki (film)

Devaki is a Hindi film released onJanuary 2006. The film directed by Bappaditya Bandopadhyay stars Ram Kapur, Suman Ranganathan, Arvin Tucker and Perizaad Zorabian.The film was premiered at the Osian Cinefan Asian Film Festival in July 2005. Since then it has traveled toInternational Film Festival amidst much critical accolades and has been touted as a must watch for every woman. Nominated for the best feature film at Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil, Ashville International Film Festival,NC, Global Knight International Film Festival, Malta, and Golden Gate International Film Festival,SF, it won the award in Asheville. Officially released onJanuary 2006, this small film has been doing the rounds in the video stores for some time.

Devaki takes a look at the parallel lives of two young women, belonging to strikingly different backgrounds, who were both betrayed by their fathers and lovers.Devaki Suman Ranganathan is a village girl who is forced into marriage to a 70yearold man. On the night of the marriage, she is raped by the brother of the impotent old man in order to establish the ageold practice of physical dominance of the male over the female. She develops a relation with a lowcaste runaway boy but the villagers catch them in the act of lovemaking and they are brought before the Panchayat. Devaki is made to stand holding a heavy stone on her head, the severity of the punishment aimed at setting an example to other women. The villagers and the Panchayat decide to auction Devaki to the highest bidder and pay the money to the 70yearold husband. Once again, another old man buys her. ........

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