Kamla Ki Maut

Kamla Ki Maut
Directed by	Basu Chatterjee
Produced by	NFDC
Screenplay by	Basu Chatterjee
Story by	Swaraj Bandyopadhyay
Starring	Pankaj Kapoor Supriya Pathak Roopa Ganguly
Music by	Salil Chowdhury
Cinematography	Ajay Prabhakar
Edited by	Kamal Saigal
Release dates	1989
Running time	95 min.
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Kamla Ki Maut (Death of Kamla) is a 1989 Hindi drama film directed by Basu Chatterjee. The film set in Mumbai, deals with issue of love, pre-marital sex and relationships in modern India. It stars Pankaj Kapoor, Supriya Pathak and Roopa Ganguly in lead roles.^[1]

At the 36th Filmfare Awards the film won the Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay for Basu Chatterjee.^[2] In 2013, to commemorate 100 years of Indian cinema, National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) in partnership with Shemaroo, released a digitally re-mastered print of the film under "Cinemas of India" label.^[3]

Plot

The film is set in a lower middle class chawl, an apartment building in Mumbai, a 20-year-old and unmarried Kamla, unable to handle the news of her pregnancy commits suicide. This makes her neighbourhood examine their own secrets and the choices they have made in their own lives.

Cast

Pankaj Kapoor as Sudhakar Patel
Supriya Pathak as Anju
Roopa Ganguly as Geeta S. Patel
Asha Lata as Nirmala S. Patel
Ashutosh Gowariker as Deepak
Ramesh Goel as Nirmala's father
Devendra Khandelwal as Masterji
Irrfan Khan as Ajit
Jaya Mathur as Chameli
Akhil Mishra as Prakash
Kavita Thakur as Kamla

Production

The film was shot at Gopal Bhawan, a residential building at Mangalwadi in Girgaum, besides Natraj Studio and R. K. Studio in Mumbai.

References

↑ "Movie: Kamla Ki Maut". India Today. 15 December 1990. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
↑ "Best Screenplay Award". Filmfare Award Official Listings, Indiatimes. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
↑ Narayan, Hari (29 July 2013). "Revisiting the masters". The Hindu. Retrieved 2014-04-28.

External links

Kamla Ki Maut at the Internet Movie Database
"Kamla Ki Maut, online". Cinemas of India, NFDC.

Films directed by Basu Chatterjee

Sara Akash (1969)
Piya Ka Ghar (1972)
Us Paar (1974)
Rajnigandha (1974)
Chitchor (1976)
Chhoti Si Baat (1976)
Khatta Meetha (1977)
Priyatama (1977)
Safed Jhooth (1977)
Swami (1977)
Tumhare Liye (1978)
Chakravyuha (1978)
Dillagi (1978)
Do Ladke Dono Kadke (1979)
Baton Baton Mein (1979)
Manzil (1979)
Prem Vivah (1979)
Ratnadeep (1979)
Jeena Yahan (1979)
Man Pasand (1980)
Apne Paraye (1980)
Shaukeen (1981)
Hamari Bahu Alka (1982)
Pasand Apni Apni (1983)
Lakhon Ki Baat (1984)
Kirayadar (1986)
Ek Ruka Hua Faisla (1986)
Chameli Ki Shaadi (1986)
Sheesha (1986)
Kamla Ki Maut (1989)
Triyacharitra (1994)
Gudgudee (1997)
Hothat Brishti (1998)
Prateeksha (2006)
Kuch Khatta Kuch Meetha (2007)
Hochheta Ki (2008)
Trishanku (2011)

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