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{{short description|2001 film by Govind Nihalani}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Deham
| image = Deham_the_Movie.jpg
| caption =
| director = [[Govind Nihalani]]
| producer =
| writer = [[Govind Nihalani]] (screenplay)<br />[[Manjula Padmanabhan]] (play)
| starring = [[Kitu Gidwani]], [[Joy Sengupta]], [[Alyy Khan]], [[Surekha Sikri]] and Julie Ames
| music = Roy Venkatraman
| cinematography = [[Govind Nihalani]]
| editing = [[Deepa Bhatia]]
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2001}}
| runtime = 120 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
}}
'''''Deham''''' (The Body) is a 2001 film directed by [[Govind Nihalani]] based on playwright [[Manjula Padmanabhan]]'s play ''Harvest''. It has [[Kitu Gidwani]], [[Joy Sengupta]], [[Alyy Khan]], [[Surekha Sikri]] and Julie Ames in lead roles.<ref name=IMDB>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252363/|publisher=IMDB| title=Deham |access-date=6 July 2015}}</ref><ref name=Chaosmag>{{cite web|url=http://www.chaosmag.in/nihalani.html|publisher=Chaosmag| title=Govind Nihalani-Deham |access-date=6 July 2015}}</ref> One of the few [[English language]] films made in [[India]], it is a futuristic story depicting the organ sale from relatively poorer countries to the rich.<ref name=Hindu>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/04/29/stories/2002042900440100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020615234401/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/04/29/stories/2002042900440100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 June 2002|work=[[The Hindu]]| title=Twenty Years After Ardh Satya | date= 29 April 2002|access-date=6 July 2015}}</ref> Nihalani himself called it a "serious social sci-fi film".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/govind-nihalani-to-make-first-futuristic-film-in-india/1/219878.html|publisher=[[India Today]]| title=Sci-fi with a human face | date=6 May 2002|access-date=6 July 2015}}</ref> ''Deham'' won the prestigious Netpac (Network for Promotion of Asian Cinema) award for the Best Asian Film at the 25th Goteborg Film Festival, 2002, in [[Sweden]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Deham-gets-Best-Asian-Film-award/articleshow/486819.cms|title=Deham gets Best Asian Film award|date=9 February 2002|publisher=[[Times of India]]|access-date=6 July 2015}}</ref>

==Plot==
It's 2022. Om Prakash, a jobless young man lives with his wife Jaya, mother and younger brother Jeetu in a one-room tenement in [[Mumbai]]. He falls for a multinational company's offer to provide his family a life of luxury for the rest of their lives in exchange for body organs for wealthy foreign clients. The family's life changes as he signs the contract. They lose their privacy as the company watches their every move. As part of the contract, Om has to pose as a bachelor and Jaya, his wife, is forced to call herself his sister. But Jeetu, who works as a [[gigolo]], refuses to permit himself to be controlled and walks out of home. After few months as Om, Jaya and his mother, are growing accustomed to their new life, Jeetu comes back, battered and beaten. As Jaya nurses him the time for the organ transplants comes. The company officials come and take away Jeetu instead of Om for the transplants. Jaya, who has been putting up with it all for long, finally, refuses to become a party to the contract and chooses freedom instead.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/bollywood/preview.php?ctid=5&cid=2425&id=11382662|publisher=Sify| title=Deham |access-date=6 July 2015}}</ref><ref name=rediff>{{cite web|url=
http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/may/03deham1.htm|publisher=Rediff| title=An out of body experience |access-date=6 July 2015}}</ref>

==Reception==
Govind Nihalani's strong credentials as one of the finest directors of Indian cinema apart, the reviews were mostly unfavourable. "Unforgivably bludgeoning Manjula Padmanabhan's cleverly-crafted play with poor FX and miserly production values, Nihalani stumbles," Pramila N. Phatarphekar wrote in ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]'' calling the film's vision "impaired".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/deham/215537|publisher=Outlook| title=Deham - Showtime | date=13 May 2002 | access-date=6 July 2015}}</ref>

"..you cannot help but feel sorry for a plot that has been mutilated carelessly," wrote Priya Ganapati, reviewing the film for ''Rediff'', adding, "What makes it an utter disaster is its combination of a terrible screenplay, stilted acting, poor dialogues and more important, an inability to infuse soul or imagination to a plot that in its very premise demands an abundance of it."<ref name=rediff/>

==Cast==
*[[Kitu Gidwani]] as Jaya
*[[Joy Sengupta]] as Om Prakash
*[[Alyy Khan]] as Jeetu, Om's brother
*[[Surekha Sikri]] as Om's mother
*Julie Ames as Virginia, the American organ-buyer

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0252363|title=Deham}}

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[[Category:2001 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian films based on plays]]
[[Category:English-language Indian films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Govind Nihalani]]
[[Category:Indian science fiction drama films]]
[[Category:Films set in 2022]]
[[Category:Films set in Mumbai]]
[[Category:2000s science fiction drama films]]

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