Oass

2012 Indian film

18 October 2012 (2012-10-18)

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Oass (The Dew Drop) is a 2012 Bollywood film directed by Abhinav Shiv Tiwari with Dibya Chhetri, Priyanka Bose and Yashpal Sharma in the lead roles.

The film deals with the theme of human trafficking, focusing particularly on child prostitution. It is based on the real-life story of the abduction of an 11-year-old Nepalese girl who was sold to a brothel in New Delhi by her aunt.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Kiku, a young girl in a Nepal village, is sent off by her family with an aunt with a promise of better life. The aunt takes her to Delhi selling her to a madam in a brothel where a series of forced sexual encounters follow. Following a murder there, the owner of another brothel takes her along with a child even younger than herself. She is subjected to beatings and torture as her plans to escape are thwarted.^[1]^[3]

Cast

Dibya Chhetri as Kiku
Priyanka Bose as Madam
Yashpal Sharma as John
Jameel Khan as Baadu
Subrat Dutta as Jhukki
Amit Dhawan as Sujeet
Sonam Stobgias Gorky as Ganesh
Barnali Medhi as Putul
Sneha Thapa as Kiran
Nicolas Cacciavillani as Wilson
Anny Sharma as Amreen
Kiran Sharma as Shobha
Nidhi Mahawan as Pinky
Jatin Sarna as Javed
Tina Bhatia as Vidya
Shusheela Thapa as Vishakha
Anamika Tiwari as Rashmi
Bholu as Bholu

Accolades

Oass was named the best film at the second edition of the Ladakh International Film Festival (LIFF), where it also won the award for best screenplay and Divya Chhetri was named the best actress.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Oass made people cry". The New Indian Express. 15 May 2014. Archived from the original on 26 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Indian men obsessed with women's virginity, says director of Oass". First Post. 16 September 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
^ "The Dew Drop (Oass): Goa Film Bazaar Review". Hollywood Reporter. 24 November 2012. Archived from the original on 27 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.