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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Kamla<br />
| image = Kamla-poster.jpg<br />
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| director = [[Jagmohan Mundhra]]<br />
| producer = Jagmohan Mundhra<br />
| writer = [[Vijay Tendulkar]]<br/>[[Vasant Dev]] <small>(dialogue)</small><br />
| screenplay = Vijay Tendulkar<br />
| story = Vijay Tendulkar<br />
| based_on = {{based on|Kamala|Vijay Tendulkar}} <br />
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| starring = [[Shabana Azmi]]<br/>[[Deepti Naval]]<br/>[[Marc Zuber]]<br/>[[A.K. Hangal]]<br/>[[Tun Tun]]<br/>[[Sulabha Deshpande]]<br />
| music = [[Bappi Lahiri]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Pravin Bhatt]]<br />
| editing = Ashok Bandekar <br />
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1985}}<br />
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| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
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'''''Kamla''''' is a [[Bollywood films of 1984|1984]] [[Bollywood|Hindi film]] produced and directed by [[Jagmohan Mundhra]], starring [[Deepti Naval]], [[Shabana Azmi]], and [[Marc Zuber]] in lead roles. The film is titled after the character of Naval.<ref>{{cite book |title= Cinema: Images & Issues|last= Somaaya|first= Bhawana|author-link=Bhawana Somaaya|year= 2004|publisher= Rupa&Co.|pages= 389|isbn= 9788129103703|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=s_FkAAAAMAAJ}}</ref> The screenplay by Vijay Tendulkar was based on his play ''Kamala'', written in 1981.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
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Jaisingh Jadav ([[Marc Zuber]]), a Delhi-based journalist finds that even to this date, the flesh trade exists in a village in Madhya Pradesh, the victims being girls belonging to the [[Bhil|Bhil tribe]]. Like any avid journalist, he travels to the village, followed by really buying a girl named Kamla ([[Deepti Naval]]) and takes her to his home in Delhi. As his intentions were good, some days later he holds a press conference where he reveals the actual wrongdoings going on in the village.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deeptinaval.com/actor-kamla.htm|title=Deepti Naval Filmography - Kamla}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Deepti Naval]] as Kamla<br />
* [[Shabana Azmi]] as Sarita Jadhav<br />
* [[Marc Zuber]] as Jaisingh Jadhav<br />
* [[A.K. Hangal]] as Kakasaab (Sarita's uncle)<br />
* [[Sulabha Deshpande]]<br />
* [[Tun Tun]]<br />
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==Music==<br />
#"Aaj Phir Aaine Se" - [[Salma Agha]]<br />
#"Insaano Ko Neelam Kare Duniya" - [[Pankaj Udhas]]<br />
#"Kaisa Yeh Karam" - [[Pankaj Udhas]]<br />
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==Critical reception==<br />
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Upon its release, ''Kamla'' received rave reviews. ''[[The Times of India]]'' in a review stated, "Deepti Naval is called to widen her eyes, tremble like a scared rabbit and drop pearly smiles. To her credit, she performs these chores competently." ''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote, "Mundhara is to be complimented on getting two credible – perhaps notable – performances from Deepti Naval and Marc Zuber – whose talents have so far been pretty well concealed."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deeptinaval.com/actor-reviews/kamla.htm|title=Kamla Reviews}}</ref><br />
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==True Incident Inspiration==<br />
The movie is based on Tendulkar's play, which in turn is inspired by a real life expose by the journalist Ashwini Sarin, of ''[[The Indian Express]]''. In the expose he actually bought a girl from the rural flesh market, from a village of Dholpur, Rajsthan, for an amount of Rs20000. He presented the woman at a press conference.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0296702|Kamla}}<br />
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