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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Kamli<br />
| image = <br />
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| writer = K. N. T. Sastry<br />
| starring = [[Nandita Das]]<br>[[Tanikella Bharani]]<br>[[Shafi (actor)|Shafi]]<br>[[L.B. Sriram]]<br>[[Roopa (actress)|Roopa Devi]]<br />
| director = [[K. N. T. Sastry]]<br />
| producer = Apoorva Chitra<br>B.C. Hari Charanaprasad<br>Sukanya<br />
| cinematography = [[Sunny Joseph]]<br />
| editing = [[Beena Paul]]<br />
| released = {{Film date|2006}}<br />
| budget = <br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Telugu<br />
| music = [[Isaac Thomas Kottukapally]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Kamli''''' is a 2006 Indian [[Telugu film|Telugu]]-language drama 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.banjaratimes.com/32674/43601.html |title=Banjara Times: Voice of Goaars of India |access-date=3 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722161702/http://banjaratimes.com/32674/43601.html |archive-date=22 July 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.rediff.com/movies/2006/aug/14slid3.htm|title=rediff.com: Kamli: A film dedicated to the girl child|website=m.rediff.com}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
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.<br />
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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 (actor)|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.<br />
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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.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
{{Cast listing|<br />
* [[Nandita Das]] as Kamli<br />
* [[Tanikella Bharani]] as Badya<br />
* [[Shafi (actor)|Shafi]] as Redya<br />
* [[L.B. Sriram]] as Police Constable<br />
* [[Roopa (actress)|Roopa Devi]] as Ramli<br />
* Kota Shankar Rao as Supervisor<br />
* Y. K. Nageswara Rao as Supervisor<br />
* [[Pavala Syamala]] as Ayah<br />
* Vijayalakshmi as Cobbler<br />
* Satyapriya as Doctor<br />
* Bharati as Tribal Neighbor<br />
* Lakshmi as Tribal Neighbor<br />
* Sudhakar as Security officer<br />
* Tadivelu as Tea Master<br />
* Ashalatha<br />
* Damodar<br />
* Srinivasa Rao<br />
* Kalachandra<br />
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==Production==<br />
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/nov/30sastry.htm|title=How Kamli came alive onscreen|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref><br />
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==Reception==<br />
Radhika Rajamani of ''[[Rediff.com]]'' wrote, "on the whole, Sastry's effort is laudable in bringing out the Lambadas' grim reality".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/nov/24kamli.htm|title=Kamli: Good effort|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
*[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu]]<br />
*[[Nandi Award for Best Actress]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|2511534}}<br />
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{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Telugu}}<br />
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[[Category:2006 Telugu-language films]]<br />
[[Category:2006 Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:2006 films]]<br />
[[Category:Best Telugu Feature Film National Film Award winners]]<br />
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