Damul

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Directed byPrakash Jha[1]
Written byShaiwal
Produced byPrakash Jha[2]
StarringAnnu Kapoor
Sreela Majumdar
Manohar Singh
Deepti Naval
Ranjan Kamath
Pyare Mohan Sahay
Damul
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Directed byPrakash Jha[1]
Written byShaiwal
Produced byPrakash Jha[2]
StarringAnnu Kapoor
Sreela Majumdar
Manohar Singh
Deepti Naval
Ranjan Kamath
Pyare Mohan Sahay
CinematographyRajen Kothari
Music byRaghunath Seth
Release date
  • 31 December 1984 (1984-12-31)
Running time
106 min
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget12 lakh (US$14,000)[3]

Damul (English: Bonded until Death) is a 1985 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Prakash Jha, based on the story Kaalsootra, by Shaiwal, a native of Gaya district of Bihar,[4] starring Annu Kapoor, Sreela Majumdar, Manohar Singh, Deepti Naval, Ranjan Kamath and Pyare Mohan Sahay in lead roles.

The story is about a bonded labourer who is forced to steal for his landlord, to whom he is bonded until death. Set in rural Bihar of 1984, the film focuses on the caste politics and the oppression of the lower castes in the region, through bonded labour. The film also highlights the issue of heavy migration of the poor villagers of Bihar to richer states like Punjab in search of livelihood.[5]

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