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The Holy Wives

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Producer(s)	Chetan Bharat,Saberi Knakon
Director(s)	Ritesh Sharma
Release Date	2009
Work In Progress	No
Runtime	76 min
Format(s)	none
Language(s)	English
Youth Media	No

Film Description

Girls are forced to have sex with an upper caste man when they are made jogamma, mathamma or bedini. What follows is a life of sexual slavery. They become sanctified prostitutes.
The film ‘The holy wives’ documents the life of a woman, who is sexually exploited in the name of tradition even before she could understand the meaning of sex and the impoverished life that she leads till death. It also goes deep into the struggle a woman from this community forges to maintain her dignity and self-respect.
This film brings out the lives of three different communities who have been victimized in the name of caste based sexual exploitation in this country through the stories of their life, struggle and their dreams of a dignified life for their children.