(They Call Me Chamar)

Content: About 30 km away from Varanasi there is a small village of Dhakvan, where lives a Brahmin named Ram Dayal Dixit who has been living among Harijans, like a Harijan. He has also married a Harijan girl. This act of his invited a great wrath from the caste Hindus. He had to suffer a lot. Ram Dayal a fighter for the cause is not afraid of being called a chamar. But his story very sharply reveals the caste-ridden society that India is, particularly in its villages of north India.

Countries:

India

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Runtime:

16 minutes

Year:

1979

Directors:

Loksen Lalvani

Production companies:

Films Division of India

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Crews:

Director

Cinematography

Sound

Editor

Production Assistant