Dastak
Tells the story of newly weds Hamid and Salma. They move into a rental flat next door to the local red light district. The flat had been the former home of a well known mujra and qawali singer, Shamshad. Men still come to the door in the hope of seeing Shamshad and do not seem too put out by seeing Salma despite her protestations. The couple struggle to live within the bounds of their own moral code while the earnings of prostitution seem to be flaunted around them. Hamid gets more and more angry and seemingly unable to reconcile his morality with the immorality of the world and at one point beats his wife and then rapes her making her into a 'whore' of his fantasy. The story here bears resemblance to the later 'Ek Chadar Maili Si' by the same director and seems to explore the complex world of women and sexuality as viewed by Indian men: mother, goddess, whore. This film also explores the ethos of prostitution in its reality and as a metaphor for the outside world.
Year: 1970
Studio: Dachi Films
Director: Rajinder Singh Bedi
Cast: Sanjeev Kumar, Rehana Sultan, Shakeela Bano Bhopali, Anwar Hussain, Manmohan Krishna, Anju Mahendru
Crew: Rajinder Singh Bedi (Director), Rajinder Singh Bedi (Writer), Sardar Basra (Assistant Director), Madan Mohan (Original Music Composer), Hrishikesh Mukherjee (Editor), Kamal Bose (Director of Photography)
Runtime: 145 minutes
Release: Dec 31, 1970
IMDb: 3.33/10 by 3 users
Popularity: 0
Country: India
Language: हिन्दी
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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