Kamli (2006 film)

2006 Indian film

Kamli

Directed by| K.N.T. Sastry
Written by| K. N. T. Sastry
Produced by| Apoorva Chitra
B.C. Hari Charanaprasad
Sukanya
Starring| Nandita Das
Tanikella Bharani
Shafi
L.B. Sriram
Roopa Devi
Cinematography| Sunny Joseph
Edited by| Beena Paul
Music by| Isaac Thomas Kottukapally

Release date

* 2006 (2006)

Country| India
Language| Telugu

Kamli is a 2006 Telugu film directed by K. N. T. Sastry. The film stars Nandita Das in the title role of a Lambada girl. The film's lyrics were written by Suddala Ashok Teja. The film was showcased at the Busan International Film Festival in Korea and the Asian Film Festival in Mumbai.[1]

## Plot

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Kamli tackles the issues of the sale of the girl child (rampant in the community) and the swapping of the male child, a practice fairly common in the urban areas—particularly in the hospitals.

Kamli (Nandita Das) is the focal point of the tale. She is forced to sell her firstborn girl. It is a well-known fact that the girl child is not welcome in most Indian communities and amongst the Lambadas she is considered an ill omen. The boys are wanted as they feed their parents. One gets a peek into her life, how she is married to Redya (Shafi), her toil for a job, how she puts up with an alcoholic husband, how she faces the 'contractors' and other men folk who have lecherous designs on her and so on.

When she delivers a male child, her infant is swapped, and a girl child is placed instead. This incident forces her to fight for her son. The media's role (in the building of hype of Kamli's fight), her dharna and the subsequent outcome with some melodrama are portrayed in a stereotypical manner.

## Cast

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* Nandita Das as Kamli
* Tanikella Bharani as Badya
* Shafi as Redya
* L.B. Sriram as Police Constable
* Roopa Devi as Ramli
* Kota Shankar Rao as Supervisor
* Y. K. Nageswara Rao as Supervisor
* Pavala Syamala as Ayah
* Vijayalakshmi as Cobbler
* Satyapriya as Doctor
* Bharati as Tribal Neighbor
* Lakshmi as Tribal Neighbor
* Sudhakar as Security
* Tadivelu as Tea Master
* Ashalatha
* Damodar
* Srinivasa Rao
* Kalachandra

## Awards

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* National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu
* Nandi Award for Best Actress

## Inspiration

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Kamli was inspired by a K.N.T. Sastry's award-winning documentary harvesting babies. Sastry wanted to make a feature film based on the documentary about the plight of tribal women selling their babies for a pittance. He contacted and wanted to film with Soundarya as the main female lead of Kamli, but she died in a helicopter crash, and the role went to Nandita Das.

## References

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1. ^ "Banjara Times: Voice of Goaars of India". Archived from the original on 22 July 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2012.

## External links

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* http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/nov/24kamli.htm

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National Film Award for Best Telugu Feature Film

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2001–2020|

* Show (2001)
*  – (2002)
* Aithe (2003)
* Swarabhishekam (2004)
* Bommalata (2005)
* Kamli (2006)
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* 1940 Lo Oka Gramam (2008)
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*  – (2011)
* Eega (2012)
* Naa Bangaaru Talli (2013)
* Chandamama Kathalu (2014)
* Kanche (2015)
* Pelli Choopulu (2016)
* Ghazi (2017)
* Mahanati (2018)
* Jersey (2019)
* Colour Photo (2020)

2021–present|

* Uppena (2021)
* Karthikeya 2 (2022)

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