Bhiki, a single mother of three, is the mistress of the macho Vishnu and survives by selling fritters under his abusive protection.
Kamli, her eldest daughter, is not academically inclined but insists on attending school as it is the only escape from her impoverished surroundings. On the verge of puberty, Kamli is shunned by her classmates and picked on by the teacher. While the village grocer and the class bully lust for her, Kamli develops tender feelings for the handsome, intelligent and kind Ajay, who arrives from Mumbai and joins her class.
Confused by Bhiki’s constant pressure to ensnare Ajay into a physical relationship, Kamli awkwardly tries to seduce him. Watching Ajay and Kamli in the act, Bhiki offers herself forcibly to Ajay.
Will the swirling Dark Waters of poverty and animalistic lust surrounding Kamli devour her innocence and destroy her capacity to love tenderly, or will she survive to grow stronger?
PUSHKARRAJ PARANJPE
Dohaa is the debut film of Pushkarraj Paranjpe who completed his B Arch from University of Pune in 1993. He worked briefly in Mumbai as an Assistant Art Director. Later he worked as an independent Architect in Pune.
In 1996 he moved to Malaysia and Singapore to work as an Architect before moving to the US in 1999. In 2004 he returned to India to assist Amol Palekar in Paheli. At present he lives in Atlanta with his wife and daughter.
Cast & Credits
Producer : Magic Eye Films Pvt Ltd.
Director, Screenplay : Pushkarraj Paranjape
Camera : Amalendu Choudhary
Editing : Abhijeet Deshpande
Music : Anand Modak
Cast : Suhas Palshikar, Leena Bhagwat, Abhay Mahajan
Indian Panorama IFFI-2008
DOHAA
Film in Marathi/93 minutes/35mm/colour
Gyan Pathak - 16-11-2008 04:45 GMT-0000
Based on the Marathi novel Kaleshar Pani by noted author H M Marathe, Dohaa portrays an impoverished pocket of rural India, through a story of physical lust and its horrific consequences for two tender lives.