An ambitious journalist buys a girl from a village in rural India to expose the existence of flesh trade and embarrass the political elite.
Acting
Shabana Azmi's unraveling complicity is masterclass material.
Direction
Mundhra turns your judgment back on you.
Writing
Vijay Tendulkar's play bites harder than most journalism.

Director
Jag Mundhra
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Tendulkar's 1981 play, itself inspired by a real journalist's stunt purchase of a woman.
Banned briefly in India for 'defaming' parliament — the establishment recognized its mirror.