Amoli (film)

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Amoli: Priceless
File:Amoli(Documentary)Poster.jpg
Poster of documentary
Directed byJasmine Kaur Roy, Avinash Roy
Produced byCulture Machine
Music byTajdar Junaid
Release date
  • 30 May 2018 (2018-05-30) (India)
Running time
30 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesEnglish
Hindi
Marathi
Tamil
Telugu
Bengali
Kannada

Amoli: Priceless is a 2018 documentary film on commercial sexual exploitation of children.[1][2][3][4] The film is directed by National Award-winning directors Jasmine Kaur Roy and Avinash Roy and produced by Culture Machine.[5] The music was scored by Tajdar Junaid.[5] The film was released in May 2018.

Rajkummar Rao (Hindi), Sachin Khedekar (Marathi),[6] Kamal Haasan (Tamil), Vidya Balan (English), Nani (Telugu), Jisshu Sengupta (Bengali)[7] and Puneeth Rajkumar (Kannada)[8] lent their voices to the film.[5]

The film won the 66th National Film Award for Best Investigative Film. The jury citation for the award reads - "For its gritty examination of why and how young girls are coerced into commercial sex work, destroying their lives and minds, and for depicting their courage to survive."[9]

Voice artistes

Nararators Languages
Vidya Balan English
Rajkummar Rao Hindi
Nani Telugu
Kamal Haasan Tamil
Puneeth Rajkumar Kannada
Sachin Khedekar Marathi
Jisshu Sengupta Bengali

External links

References

  1. ^ Sinha, Sayoni (19 May 2018). "Have you seen my girl?". The Hindu. India. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  2. ^ "'Amoli: Priceless' - A film that captures the magnitude of child trafficking in India". thenewsminute.com. India: The News Minute. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Kamal Haasan, Rajkummar lend voice to film on sexual exploitation". The New Indian Express. India. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  4. ^ "ಹೆಣ್ಣು ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಕಳ್ಳಸಾಗಣೆ ತಡೆಗೆ ಕೈಜೋಡಿಸಿದ ಪುನೀತ್‌". The Times of India (in Kannada). Karnataka, India: Vijaya Karnataka. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  5. ^ a b c "Kamal Haasan, Rajkummar Rao lend voice to film on sexual exploitation titled Amoli: Priceless". The Indian Express. India. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  6. ^ R, Shilpa Sebastian (7 May 2018). "Puneeth Rajkumar lends his voice for 'Amoli: Priceless'". The Hindu. India. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  7. ^ "These actresses only want to concentrate on films". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  8. ^ R, Shilpa Sebastian (7 May 2018). "Puneeth Rajkumar lends his voice for 'Amoli: Priceless'". The Hindu. India.
  9. ^ "66th National Film Awards for 2018 announced". Press Information Bureau.