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Bawandar is a 2000 Indian film, based on the true story of Bhanwari Devi, a rape victim from Rajasthan, India. The film depicts the personal trauma, public ...
Bawandar (English title: The Sand Storm) is a 2000 Indian film, based on the true story of Bhanwari Devi, a rape victim from Rajasthan,
India. The film depicts the personal trauma, public humiliation and
legal injustice that Bhanwari Devi went through, while pursuing justice
in the Indian courts.[1]
The story is introduced through first-person narration by a foreign reporter called Amy (Laila Rouass), who has read about Sanwari's case in a newspaper. Amy and her friend-cum-interpreter Ravi (Rahul Khanna) visit Sanwari's village to investigate the matter, five years after the gang-rape incident. Upon their arrival in Rajasthan, Amy and Ravi meet a rickshaw-puller named Sohan (Raghuvir Yadav) by happenstance, who helps them on their way to a village where they encounter Sanwari's rapists. Sohan turns out to be Sanwari's husband, and tells the tale of Sanwari's rape case.
Sohan and Sanwari are a married couple belonging to a low-caste Kumhar (potter) community. The couple live with Sohan's parents and have a two children, a young girl and a boy. Sanwari makes pots whilst Sohan plies the rickshaw for their subsistence. While working at a local quarry, Sanwari stands up for her rights to the corrupt supervisor. The news of her bravery reaches Shobha Devi (Deepti Naval), a social worker who works for the Government of India. Her job involves creating awareness amongst the illiterate villagers against social evils like child marriage, oppression of women etc. In Dhabri, she recruits Sanwari (Nandita Das) as a Saathin, a grassroots worker employed as part of the Women's Development Project run by the Government of Rajasthan.
As part of her job, Sanwari educates the womenfolk in the village against child marriages and oppression against women, and invites ire of the conservative village elders. Most of these villagers belong to the Gurjar community, a higher caste. To subjugate Sanwari, five members of the Gurjar community order a social and economic boycott of Sanwari and her family. The villagers stop selling milk to her family or buying the earthen pots they make. When Sanwari informs the police about a child marriage happening in the Gurjar community, five men from the Gurjar household where the marriage was supposed to happen decide to teach Sanwari a lesson. Having had enough of her shenanigans and what they perceive as her affront to their male ego, they collectively beat up her husband and two of them take turns in gang-raping her.
Despite the horrific nature of the incident and the stigma attached to it, Sanwari and Sohan muster up courage and go to the police station to lodged a First Information Report, but the corrupt inspector (Ravi Jhankal) refuses to lodge the FIR in absence of a medical report. The doctor refuses to issue a medical report in the absence of a court order, explaining that he cannot do so because it's a rape case. With Shobha's help, the couple finally manages to get a court order. With the court order, they get a medical test done in Jaipur, and a complaint is lodged two days after the incident.
However, the rapists are not arrested and roam around freely, boasting about their lustful experience with Sanwari. Sanwari's case gets nationwide attention after the head of a women's NGO in Delhi gets involved and tries to help Sanwari. The Prime Minister of India himself entrusts the investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation and offers Rs. 1 lakh as support to Sanwari from the Prime Minister's Relief Fund.
The accused are arrested and tried in the court, but they are backed by the local MLA Dhanraj Meena (Govind Namdeo). Meena hires a lawyer called Purohit to defend the accused. A Gurjar lawyer (Gulshan Grover) defends Saanwari, but faces pressure from his community to favor the accuse. The judges handling the case are transferred multiple times, and the final judgement goes against her, with all 5 of the accused walking away scot free.
The movie ends with actress Deepti Naval talking about how Bhanwari Devi has refuses to give up her fight for justice, in spite of unhelpful villagers and relatives, an incompetent police force, and a corrupt judicial system, and is today active as a rape activist who helps provide help, counseling and inspiration to women who have suffered such injustices as well.
Some women's organizations opposed the film due to concerns about Bhanwari Devi being exposed to hostile public scrutiny. The police also felt that the film "falsifies their role inexcusably".[2] There was also concern that the film may end up annoying the Gurjar community, to which the accused belong. The State Government was apprehensive about the film leading to caste-based tensions.[2]
The film was submitted to the examining committee of the Central Board of Film Certification on 18 September 2000. The committee head Asha Parekh despatched it to the revising committee, which saw the film on 6 October, and gave it the expected "Adult" certificate. It recommended five cuts, two of which were described by the journalist Pinki Virani as "grotesquely unfair to Bhanwari Devi".[5] The first cut was Bhanwari Devi and her husband being held down by men, as she is raped by an uncle-nephew pair. The censors found inappropriate the forcing apart of the woman's legs. The second cut was the "visuals of suggestive masturbation by a police officer".[5]
| Bawandar | |
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| Directed by | Jag Mundhra |
| Produced by | Gaurang Doshi Jag Mundhra |
| Written by | Screenplay: Ashok Mishra, Sudha Arora Dialogue: Hariram Acharya, Deepak Purohit Jag Mundhra (written by) |
| Starring | Deepti Naval, Nandita Das |
| Music by | Vishwa Mohan Bhatt |
| Cinematography | Ashok Kumar |
| Edited by | Jag Mundhra |
Release date
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17 November 2000 |
Running time
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125 min |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi, Rajasthani, English |
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Plot
Bawandar is based on the true story of Bhanwari Devi's gang-rape case. The names of characters and places have been changed for legal reasons. For example, Bhanwari's character is called Sanwari, her husband Mohan's character is called Sohan, and their village is called Dhabri (Bhateri in real life).The story is introduced through first-person narration by a foreign reporter called Amy (Laila Rouass), who has read about Sanwari's case in a newspaper. Amy and her friend-cum-interpreter Ravi (Rahul Khanna) visit Sanwari's village to investigate the matter, five years after the gang-rape incident. Upon their arrival in Rajasthan, Amy and Ravi meet a rickshaw-puller named Sohan (Raghuvir Yadav) by happenstance, who helps them on their way to a village where they encounter Sanwari's rapists. Sohan turns out to be Sanwari's husband, and tells the tale of Sanwari's rape case.
Sohan and Sanwari are a married couple belonging to a low-caste Kumhar (potter) community. The couple live with Sohan's parents and have a two children, a young girl and a boy. Sanwari makes pots whilst Sohan plies the rickshaw for their subsistence. While working at a local quarry, Sanwari stands up for her rights to the corrupt supervisor. The news of her bravery reaches Shobha Devi (Deepti Naval), a social worker who works for the Government of India. Her job involves creating awareness amongst the illiterate villagers against social evils like child marriage, oppression of women etc. In Dhabri, she recruits Sanwari (Nandita Das) as a Saathin, a grassroots worker employed as part of the Women's Development Project run by the Government of Rajasthan.
As part of her job, Sanwari educates the womenfolk in the village against child marriages and oppression against women, and invites ire of the conservative village elders. Most of these villagers belong to the Gurjar community, a higher caste. To subjugate Sanwari, five members of the Gurjar community order a social and economic boycott of Sanwari and her family. The villagers stop selling milk to her family or buying the earthen pots they make. When Sanwari informs the police about a child marriage happening in the Gurjar community, five men from the Gurjar household where the marriage was supposed to happen decide to teach Sanwari a lesson. Having had enough of her shenanigans and what they perceive as her affront to their male ego, they collectively beat up her husband and two of them take turns in gang-raping her.
Despite the horrific nature of the incident and the stigma attached to it, Sanwari and Sohan muster up courage and go to the police station to lodged a First Information Report, but the corrupt inspector (Ravi Jhankal) refuses to lodge the FIR in absence of a medical report. The doctor refuses to issue a medical report in the absence of a court order, explaining that he cannot do so because it's a rape case. With Shobha's help, the couple finally manages to get a court order. With the court order, they get a medical test done in Jaipur, and a complaint is lodged two days after the incident.
However, the rapists are not arrested and roam around freely, boasting about their lustful experience with Sanwari. Sanwari's case gets nationwide attention after the head of a women's NGO in Delhi gets involved and tries to help Sanwari. The Prime Minister of India himself entrusts the investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation and offers Rs. 1 lakh as support to Sanwari from the Prime Minister's Relief Fund.
The accused are arrested and tried in the court, but they are backed by the local MLA Dhanraj Meena (Govind Namdeo). Meena hires a lawyer called Purohit to defend the accused. A Gurjar lawyer (Gulshan Grover) defends Saanwari, but faces pressure from his community to favor the accuse. The judges handling the case are transferred multiple times, and the final judgement goes against her, with all 5 of the accused walking away scot free.
The movie ends with actress Deepti Naval talking about how Bhanwari Devi has refuses to give up her fight for justice, in spite of unhelpful villagers and relatives, an incompetent police force, and a corrupt judicial system, and is today active as a rape activist who helps provide help, counseling and inspiration to women who have suffered such injustices as well.
Cast
- Nandita Das - Saanvri
- Raghuvir Yadav - Sohan (Saanvri's husband)
- Deepti Naval - Shobha Devi
- Rahul Khanna - Ravi
- Laila Rouass - Amy
- Govind Namdeo - Dhanraj Meena (MLA)
- Ishrat Ali - Purnia Gujjar (sarpanch)
- Yashpal Sharma - Sarju
- Lalit Tiwari - Tej Karan
- Anupam Shyam - Mangal Panda (pandit)
- Ashok Banthia
- Shri Vallabh Vyas - (as Shrivallabh Vyas)
- Ravi Jhankal - Police Inspector
- Mohan Bhandari
- Lillete Dubey
Controversies
Before the film's release, Bhanwari Devi stated that the filmmakers didn't discuss the film with her, she never took any money from them and she wasn't shown the film.[2] Sukhmani Singh, a journalist, reported that Bhanwari Devi was "weary, resigned and bitter". According to him, a small-time political worker and businessman describing Bhanwari as a "rakhi sister" had brokered a deal with Mundhra for the film.[3] The director Jag Mundhra stated that he had screened the film for Bhanwari and her family. He also stated that he took Bhanwari to HDFC Bank's Jaipur branch, opened an account in her name, and deposited £3,000 from the film's London charity show in the account. According to him, Bhnawari might be reluctant to admit receiving the money, fearing opposition from women activists.[2] In 2007, Shivam Vij reported that "Bhanwari Devi is most angry with those who made the film Bawandar".[4]Some women's organizations opposed the film due to concerns about Bhanwari Devi being exposed to hostile public scrutiny. The police also felt that the film "falsifies their role inexcusably".[2] There was also concern that the film may end up annoying the Gurjar community, to which the accused belong. The State Government was apprehensive about the film leading to caste-based tensions.[2]
The film was submitted to the examining committee of the Central Board of Film Certification on 18 September 2000. The committee head Asha Parekh despatched it to the revising committee, which saw the film on 6 October, and gave it the expected "Adult" certificate. It recommended five cuts, two of which were described by the journalist Pinki Virani as "grotesquely unfair to Bhanwari Devi".[5] The first cut was Bhanwari Devi and her husband being held down by men, as she is raped by an uncle-nephew pair. The censors found inappropriate the forcing apart of the woman's legs. The second cut was the "visuals of suggestive masturbation by a police officer".[5]
Music
The music of the film was composed by Vishwa Mohan Bhatt,[3] and released under the label Saregama-HMVGenre. It featured following tracks:- Aayo Holi, sung by Sapna Awasthi and Ram Shankar
- Ab To Jagna Hi Hoga
- Ab To Jagya, sung by Mahalakshmi Iyer and chorus
- Ghaghario, sung by Sapna Awasthi
- Har Aayo, sung by Parmeshwari and chorus
- Ab To Jagya - 2
- Ab To Jagya - 3, sung by Sonali Vajpayee
- Kesaria (Instrumental)
- Kesaria (Sad), sung by Rita Ganguly
- Kesaria
- Panghat
- Tumse Achha Kaun Hai, sung by K Vikas
Awards
The film was showcased at several international film festivals and won multiple awards:- Audience Choice Award , Bermuda International Film Festival (2001)
- Political Film Society, USA (PFS) Award - Peace Category (2004) [6]
- Best Actress (Nandita Das), Santa Monica Film Festival
- 2001: Zanzibar International Film Festival: Golden Dhow
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Drama
· Shoba T. Mathur works for the Central Government in India and her job
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Shoba T. Mathur works for the Central Government in
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Shoba T. Mathur works for the Central Government in India and her job is
to create awareness against child-marriage and other social evils that
prevail due to general misinterpretation of the Hindu Shastras that
demean women, particularly in Dhabri, a village in the state of
Rajasthan. She does succeed in recruiting a young housewife, Saanvri,
the mother of a young girl, Kamli, and wife of rickshaw driver, Sohan.
Saanvri goes around the village raising awareness, and incurs the wrath
of the village elders, mostly members of the Gujjar family. When Saanvri
persists with her efforts, five of the men severely beat-up Sohan, and
gang-rape Saanvri. A devastated Saanvri and Sohan decide to get justice.
They go to the Police Station, but the Police Inspector refuses to
lodge a complaint until and unless he gets a Medical report. The doctor
will not issue a medical report until and until he gets Court Order.
Sohan and Saanvri, with Shobha's help do go through this process, and a
complaint is ... Written by
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A True Story of 1 Indian Woman's Courageous and Determined Quest for Justice
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If you don't like the message…Don't kill the messenger! This is a true story with nothing in the way of changes or embellishments. The producers of the film are modern, forward-looking Indian Nationals, who are appalled by many of the barbaric and inhumane traditions that are still prevalent in many rural areas of India.
"Sandstorm (Bawandar)" decries just about everything that is wrong with India. None of those hypnotic ditsy Bollywood tunes here! Nor the slick, stylized India shown to us in "Slumdog". It is a festering, oozing sore of excruciatingly brutal (but not graphic) gang rape, perpetrated by the village elders, no less; one woman's courageous and determined quest for justice; an openly misogynist society, where institutionalized fratricide of female babies and marrying off girls as young as 8 years old by arranged marriages is an everyday occurrence; Practices that most people think were abandoned centuries ago, still thriving in India! "Sandstorm" is a scathing indictment of issues such as the "Caste System" where those on the lowest rung are considered "untouchables".
A sensation of numbness overtook me, as one injustice after another cascaded before me! Yet, the dogged and unflinching determination demonstrated by rape victim, Saanvri, serves as a beacon of hope and is definitely the one bright spot of the film! This is a true story that MUST be told, just as its producers intended. Rating this film 9*, as I have, is by no means an endorsement of the vile crimes committed in this film, but instead, a show of solidarity with both the victim and the producers whose goal it was to make people aware of the dark side of India's tradition, culture and customs
If you don't like the message…Don't kill the messenger! This is a true story with nothing in the way of changes or embellishments. The producers of the film are modern, forward-looking Indian Nationals, who are appalled by many of the barbaric and inhumane traditions that are still prevalent in many rural areas of India.
"Sandstorm (Bawandar)" decries just about everything that is wrong with India. None of those hypnotic ditsy Bollywood tunes here! Nor the slick, stylized India shown to us in "Slumdog". It is a festering, oozing sore of excruciatingly brutal (but not graphic) gang rape, perpetrated by the village elders, no less; one woman's courageous and determined quest for justice; an openly misogynist society, where institutionalized fratricide of female babies and marrying off girls as young as 8 years old by arranged marriages is an everyday occurrence; Practices that most people think were abandoned centuries ago, still thriving in India! "Sandstorm" is a scathing indictment of issues such as the "Caste System" where those on the lowest rung are considered "untouchables".
A sensation of numbness overtook me, as one injustice after another cascaded before me! Yet, the dogged and unflinching determination demonstrated by rape victim, Saanvri, serves as a beacon of hope and is definitely the one bright spot of the film! This is a true story that MUST be told, just as its producers intended. Rating this film 9*, as I have, is by no means an endorsement of the vile crimes committed in this film, but instead, a show of solidarity with both the victim and the producers whose goal it was to make people aware of the dark side of India's tradition, culture and customs
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