Bawandar

Bawandar
Directed byJag Mundhra
Written byScreenplay: Ashok Mishra, Sudha Arora
Dialogue: Hariram Acharya, Deepak Purohit
Jag Mundhra (written by)
Produced byGaurang Doshi
Jag Mundhra
StarringDeepti Naval, Nandita Das
CinematographyAshok Kumar
Edited byJag Mundhra
Music byVishwa Mohan Bhatt
Release date
  • 17 November 2000 (2000-11-17)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesHindi, Rajasthani, English

Bawandar (English title: The Sand Storm) is a 2000 Indian film, based on the true story of Bhanwari Devi, a rape victim from Rajasthan, India. The film depicts the personal trauma, public humiliation and legal injustice that Bhanwari Devi went through, while pursuing justice in the Indian courts.[1]

  1. ^ Pushkar Raj (February 2002). "Gender inequality and development in society". PUCL Bulletin. People's Union for Civil Liberties. Archived from the original on 16 June 2010. Retrieved 7 April 2010.