Daasi (1988)

Name: Daasi
Released: 1988-01-01

1h 34m

Running Time

Plot.

The story is of Kamalakshi (Archana), a bonded woman known as Daasi in Hyderabad State in the 1920s in Telangana region. She has been sold by her family for money to be the servant of a wealthy couple. She is expected to do every chore imaginable in their house. She is also required to be the sexual toy of the man of the house (Dora) and his guests - anywhere and at any time of the day or night. When she becomes pregnant, she endures and hopes to keep the baby. However she is forced to have an abortion.

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Cast & Crew.

Archana

Kamakshi

Roopa

Bhoopal Reddy

B. Narsing Rao

Director / Writer / Screenplay / Producer

Apurba Kishore Bir

Cinematography

K.N.T. Sastry

Screenplay

Details.

Release Date
January 1, 1988

Original Name
దాసీ

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 34m

Last updated: 2025-02-11

Wiki.

Daasi (transl. A bonded women) is a 1988 Indian Telugu-language drama film written and directed by B. Narsing Rao starring Archana as Daasi Kamalakshi. The film won five honors including Best Feature Film in Telugu at the 36th National Film Awards, "For portraying the grim reality of a feaudal milieu through original and rare use of film language" as cited by the Jury, and the Diploma of Merit award at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival in 1989. The film was subsequently screened in the Indian Panorama at the 12th International Film Festival of India.