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Orissa Review
- 5/25/2013 6:30:59 AM
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It's not the first time that a film is made on the Devadasis, and I guess it wouldn't be the last either. Writer G S Anil and director Padmakumar set up their tale on the unfortunate women in the state of Odisha who are destined to live a life of servitude for no fault of their own.
The year is 1980, and Christudas (Unni MUkundan), a young police man from Kerala is posted in Orissa. He is entrusted with the special duty of being a bodyguard to an Odiya girl named Suneyi (Sanika Nambiar) at Ganjam. The girl has witnessed her mother being shot dead by the local chieftain (Nigel Akkara) for resisting against her daughter being turned into a Devadasi. The district collector however intervenes and jails the chieftain for an year, thereby offering Suneyi an year more of freedom and life
The questions that a film like 'Orissa' present before us are many. For one, the Devadasi system was declared illegal by the Indian Government only in 1988, and even then it has been known to continue unabated in at least a few part of the country. It seems highly implausible hence that in 1980, in a highly tradition bound state like Orissa, a village chieftain with power and money to boot, was sentenced to jail for inducting a devadasi into his fold.
Perhaps what makes it unbelievable is the way the character of Meera Bai (Tanushree Ghosh) has been penned. A mere five years after having observed Womens' Day (which was started in 1975),
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