| Giddh: The Vultures (1984) Country: India Language: Hindi Year: 1984 Color/BW: COLOR Category: Feature Film Genre: Drama
Description A hard hitting realistic film set in the milieu of the superstition and ritual ridden villages of India. Young, pre-pubescent girls from a particular caste, are the prey for the vultures, the rich men and the landlords of the village. One such girl is Laxmi. There is a pimp who specializes in procuring girls for the brothels in Bombay, and there is one who deals with the girls in the village. Now Laxmi, is being targeted by the pimp from Bombay and the landlords and sahukars of the village, while the local pimp and his wife want to save her. What can happen to Laxmi?
Cast: Om Puri, Smita Patil, Nana Patekar, Savita Bajaj, Vijay Kashyap, Achyut Potdar, M K Raina |
