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Starring: Deepti
Naval, Manoj Bidwai, Meghna Naidu, Ritisha Vijayvargya,
Sadhika Randhawa, Reema Lagoo
Direction: Ashok Nanda
A young handsome man Rahul (Manoj
Bidwai) is traveling with his friend, Amar Singh to his
village for attending Amar Singh’s sister Supriya’s
marriage.
While on the way, passing through a village, he sees a
young woman and instantly falls in love with her. Rahul
is informed that the girl Bela (Ritisha Vijavargya) is
from a particular community that has a ‘Rivaaz’
(tradition) where she is destined to be a prostitute,
and even the local police intervene and help procure
young women for the wealthy landlords.
It has been a tradition for the girls of this community
to enter flesh business whether they like it or not.
Rahul cannot get her out of his mind and so he through a
pimp he finds out her name is Bela, who lives with her
mother, Paro (Deepti Naval), and father, Mangatram (Rajendra
Gupta).
The film is about
exploitation of women, a film about dignity, about hope
of women who are traded in the name of tradition.
Elder men in this community dare those young girls to
defy the tradition. Those girls who want to marry and
settle down without consenting to engage in prostitution
are tortured and killed to set an example.
- Amarjeet
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He is unaware that her
parents are all set to sell her to the highest bidder.
Knowing that they would put in a strong opposition to
his proposal, Rahul meets the girl on the sly, they both
fall in love and so he convinces hard to persuade Bela
to denounce the community’s prostitution business.
Her community finds out, and the males of her community
especially feel threatened as all they are dependent on
the flesh trade.
Bela’s mother also had to
bury her dreams after her love was killed mercilessly by
the villagers. She is helpless, cannot do anything for
her daughter, but her own daughters destiny is
controlled by the villagers.
It is surprising that even
today, the family-based prostitution exists in many
districts. This system has continued in those particular
communities as tradition (rivaaz) which is in fact a
money-making trade carried on with the knowledge of the
lawmakers and protectors.
Cast:
Paro - Deepti Naval
Chanda - Meghna Naidu
Bela - Ritisha Vijayvargya
Sadhika Randhawa
Mukhiya - Alok Nath
Mangatram - Rajendra Gupta
Thakur Ranjeet Singh - Sayaji Shinde
Ranjeet Singh’s wife - Reema Lagoo
Manghi - Vijay Raaz
Inspector Sadanand Pathak - Yashpal Sharma
Lallu - Upyendra Limaye
Manoj Biddvai
Manoj Verma
Credits & Crew:
Banner - Deeksha Screen Entertainment, Laurel
Entertainment
Producers - Ashok Nanda, Vidya Kamat
Executive Producer - Deepak Kamat, Sandeep Jain, Amit
Inamdar, Anand Inamdar
Director - Ashok Nanda
Story - Ashok Nanda, Rakesh Chandra Saroj
Lyrics - Raj Inder Raj, Reeg Deb, Vijay Vijawat, Ratan
Pasricha, Yashandra
Music Directors - Raj Inder Raj, Reeg Deb
Cinematography - Ramesh Nautiyal
Action - Buta Singh
Art - Kartik Vidhate
Editor - Uma Shankar Mishra
Screenplay, Dialogue - Rakesh Chandra Saroj
Costume Design - Sangeet Gaikar
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