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- Eyes forward, Kiku hurtles down the street. A swish of glittering purple from the corner of her eye tells her that Madam is not far behind. Jhukki's grunts were getting louder. Kiku needed to quicken her pace. She shifts her focus back to her goal. The end of the street is a few meters away and beyond that lie her father's fields. She squints. Was that the silhouette of the Kanchenjunga she saw in the distance? A butterfly dances up ahead of her, its antennae pointing towards Kiku's finish line. Last few steps. She closes her eyes and stretches her hand forward. But, before she can step over the threshold, she is yanked back. Kiku lurches forward but Madam's fingernail is hooked into the collar of her shirt/blouse. The butterfly escapes. Kiku's hand drops to her side. OASS is inspired by a true story of Kiku who is taken away from her village at the age of 11 and sold to a brothel in Delhi. Drugged, beaten, raped and threatened, she surrenders to the atrocities in order to live, and one day escape. OASS brings to light the menace of girl-child trafficking and the perils faced by the million Kikus across the globe.
- Rangdari captures the enigma and mystery in a raw visual format that depicts the life and times of one of the most legendary dons to have ever ruled over 6 states of north and central India. It traces the don's rise to fame and power with equal doses of cruelty and calmness. Messiah or murderer depending how you stand in relation to his principles of justice and fair play. He is revered and feared in the same breath. Saint and satan in a heady cocktail mix. The unofficial 'Robinhood'. While a Muslim by faith, more Hindus have faith in his sense of justice than Muslims. In the terrain that he rules, courts, panchayats are the last recourse if at all. The first port of call for the poor and the distressed is his durbar, which has been functioning inside a jail, where he is incarcerated for the past 8 years. He has won 2 elections from inside the bars and is said to control the political destinies of many a well known politician. The film chronicles the life of this larger than life character with an intensity and sensitivity that has rarely been seen in Hindi cinema since Bandit Queen. He has killed corrupt ministers, he has got hundreds of poor girls married with his own money without dowry.