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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|1985 Indian film by Prakash Jha}}<br />
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| name = Damul<br />
| image = Damul poster.jpg<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[Prakash Jha]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/retrospective-of-prakash-jha-movies-in-fiji/660991/ |title=Retrospective of Prakash Jha movies in Fiji this week - Indian Express |access-date=28 April 2012 |archive-date=9 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409005716/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/retrospective-of-prakash-jha-movies-in-fiji/660991 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
| writer = Shaiwal<br />
| starring = [[Annu Kapoor]]<br />[[Sreela Majumdar]]<br />[[Manohar Singh]]<br />[[Deepti Naval]]<br />Ranjan Kamath<br />Pyare Mohan Sahay<br />
| music = [[Raghunath Seth]]<br />
|cinematography = Rajen Kothari<br />
| producer = [[Prakash Jha]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://theviewspaper.net/the-demise-of-parallel-cinema/ |title=The Demise of Parallel Cinema |access-date=28 April 2012 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064457/http://theviewspaper.net/the-demise-of-parallel-cinema/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
| released = {{Film date|1984|12|31|df=yes}}<br />
| runtime = 106 min<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = [[Hindi]]<br />
| budget = {{INRConvert|12|l}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/vM9hpEAmc9z5q4VLGNDWLM/8216For-filmmakers-politics-is-risky8217.html|title='For film-makers politics is risky'|last=Sharma|first=Sanjukta|work=Mint|date=4 June 2010|access-date=8 April 2018}}</ref><br />
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'''Damul''' ({{langx|en|italic=yes|Bonded until Death}}) is a 1985 Indian Hindi-language film directed by [[Prakash Jha]], based on the story ''[[Kalasutra|Kaalsootra]]'', by Shaiwal, a native of [[Gaya district]] of Bihar,<ref>[http://passionforcinema.com/prakash-jha-hrishikesh-mukharjee-cried-after-watching-my-film/ Interview Part I] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905040319/http://passionforcinema.com/prakash-jha-hrishikesh-mukharjee-cried-after-watching-my-film/ |date=5 September 2008 }} passionforcinema.com.</ref> starring [[Annu Kapoor]], [[Sreela Majumdar]], [[Manohar Singh]], [[Deepti Naval]], Ranjan Kamath and Pyare Mohan Sahay in lead roles.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
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 (India)|Punjab]] in search of livelihood.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zX4GY37rG8kC&pg=PA66&dq=Prakash+Jha&sig=ACfU3U0VH3L9S9rYt814G_FFcjweiDL1Tg ''Damul''] ''One Hundred Indian Feature Films: An Annotated Filmography'', by Shampa Banerjee, Anil Srivastava. Taylor & Francis, 1988. {{ISBN|0-8240-9483-2}}, {{ISBN|978-0-8240-9483-6}}. ''Page 66''</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
* 1984: [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film]]<br />
* 1985: [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie]]<br />
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==International acclaim==<br />
Damul was invited for both the competition and participation sections at the [[Montreal]], [[Chicago]] and [[Moscow]] film festivals.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0088986|Damul}}<br />
* [http://www.prakashjhaproductions.com/damul.html Damul at Prakash Jha Productions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914054417/http://prakashjhaproductions.com/damul.html |date=14 September 2016 }}<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928105542/http://www.prakashjha.net/ Prakash Jha's Homepage]<br />
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[[Category:1985 films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Prakash Jha]]<br />
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[[Category:Films set in Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Best Feature Film National Film Award winners]]<br />
[[Category:Films about the caste system in India]]<br />
[[Category:Films about internal migration]]<br />
[[Category:Films about poverty in India]]<br />
[[Category:Films about labor relations]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on Indian short stories]]<br />
[[Category:Films about Indian slavery]]<br />
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