The journey of rescued girls from Kamathipura to Navjivan Shelter home in Chembur.
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Summary: Part of raw footage for the film In the Flesh directed by Bishakha Datta and produced by Point of View, the event is about the camera capturing a municipal van that is transporting a group of rescued women from Kamathipura, the established red light area in Mumbai to Navjivan, a shelter home in Chembur. The camera captures candid conversations (in Hindi and Bengali) between the girls.
Camera Person(CP)-"so now u are going to drop them to Chembur"
Woman in charge of the girls(W) - "Yes I will drop them Chembur"
Background -"Camera is being put on"
The camera person asks the Supervising woman about the journey of the rescued girls in the Municipal Van.
Chembur
Kamathipura
camera person
drop
municipal
rescued
supervisor
van
woman
Mumbai
camera
Kamathipura to Chembur, Mumbai
chembur
conversation
family
film
girls
prostitutes.
road
shelter home
sing
traffic
The rescued girls curiously trying to understand the rolling camera
Girl1(G1)-"Light is not on"
"Light is on now"
CP-"Light is on, right?"
Voice - "Hey talk"
"You would not talk"
"Hey she is not talking at all"
G1-"She is taking the shots"
"The camera is looking at every body….now you need to…."
girl
light
rolling
talk
Girls singing together
Song - Suna Ghaam Judaai ka uttha te hai log
Film-Kudrat
kudrat
sing
suna ghaam judaai ka uttha te hai log
together
film
Girls singing together
Song-Dilbar,Dilbar
Film-Sirf Tum
Shuklaji Street
dilbar
sirf tum
song
Girls singing together
Song- In badnaam logon ki galiyon mein,log aate log jate hai
G1: "Sing properly"
GS- "Shut up you khanki magi" (slut)
in badnaam logon ki galiyon mein
khanki
log aate log jate hai
magi
slut
Girls singing together
Song-Tujhe yaad na meri aayi
Film- Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
kuch
kuch hota hai
tujhe yaad na meri aayi
film
Girls singing together
Song
Jaane do jaane do mujhe jaana hai
Film- Shahen-shah
W-"Close the window, the water will come inside
jaane do jaane do mujhe jaana hai
shahe-n-shah
water
window
G1-"Hey sing properly na"
GS-"I can't do it, what will I do?
Girls singing together.
Song - Saat samundar par mein tere pecche pecche aa gayi
Film -Vishaatma
Shot of rain drenched Mumbai roads.
Aurthur Road
drenched
properly
rain
saat samundar par mein tere pecche pecche aa gayi
street
vishvaatma
Dashnagar
G1-"Where do you stay in Kolkata"
GS-"Dashnagar"
G1-"Who all stays at home?"
GS-I have my mother, father, both my grandmothers, brother, uncle, aunt
G1-(Laughing) "Go slow, you have so many relatives, where is your husband?"
GS-"My husband is in Bombay"
G1-"Son?"
GS-"My son, he is in my stomach"
G1-"He is in your stomach?...
So what will you do in life?"
GS- "I want to work (Laughs, hugs the other girl) and I will feed my children, then I will make my life, then I will have a small house, a baby…."
Kolkata
aunt
baby
brother
father
feed
grandmother
house
husband
life
mother
relative
son
stomach
uncle
The girls share with one another their backgrounds and family history
background
family
history
work
GS-"What do you plan to do?"
G1-"I will work, I will do some sewing, factory work, work in the market, sweep and clean
GS- Wont you get married?
G1-No, I will not get married, I will stay on my own
GS- Who all are there in your family?
G1-My brother in law, my sister, their child and me, that's all.
GS-But I have my whole community in Kolkata
G1-I do not have any community, it is only three people that I have in my khandaan.(family) I have a husband in Pune
GS- My sister is there, with her husband. She cleans utensils at others homes
Pune
brother-in-law
child
clean
community
factory
khandaan
market
married
sew
sister
sweep
three
utensils
G1- There we have the madam who said when you go there call them up and tell them madam has asked you to give me some work
If they leave us for dhanda, they will only send us to Bombai, or maybe Kolkatta but not anywhere else
The girls discuss the difficulty to get out and work anywhere except for Mumbai and Kolkata.
Kolkata
dhanda
difficult
madam
G1-They called up didi (elder sister) and said send Asha
We did not go via this road
GS-No, we went through this road only
G1-But I have not seen this
GS- I have seen this
G1- Which station is this? Which one, Kurla?
GS- This is Reay Road, isn't it so didi?
G1- I did not get clothes.
The day they got us I was not wearing a nighty, I was wearing a churidaar. I have nice and new clothes; I will not give it to anybody. I will wear them.
I left it to my daughter
GS- Daughter meaning?
G1- I did not get my daughter, she will cry. They asked me to take the clothes from the laundry, that is what I did.
The girls in deep conversation about their old employer, direction of the van through Mumbai and clothes.
Kurla
Reay Road
asha
churidaar
clothes
conversation
daughter
didi
elder sister
laundry
new
nighty
station
The girls looking out of the van identifying the roads, they talk about other inmates in the shelter home. They identify the beer bar girls from Vashi Naka in some other vehicle.
Chembur
GS- I do not have a dupatta,(referring to someone else) she cries a lot
See what all you want to see now
G1-Say Goodbye to everyone
GS- See there are the cars
G1-Say bye to the buildings
To the trucks and the roads, you would not get to see them for two-three months. We are off to Chembur midst the mad women
G1 and GS starts laughing
G1-It is fun to watch them
GS- You know there is an old woman who says I want an old man,
They start looking out
GS- Look, these girls are from the beer bar….the girls from the beer bar in Vashi Naka
Vashi Naka
bar
beer
cars
dupatta
girls
goodbye
inmate
mad women
months
old man
roads
shelter home
three
trucks
van
Shot of rain stricken traffic ridden roads of Mumbai.
The girls are singing
Song - Waada Raha Sanam Film- Khiladi
film
khiladi
rain
stricken
traffic
waada raha sanam
Chembur
Navjivan Shelter Home
The Van enters the premises of the shelter home. The girls gear up with their luggage to get down at the destination.
Voice- Hey lets go, take your luggage.
Get your chappals(footwear)
G1-Lets go, our inlaws place have arrived.
Now we have to listen to the mother in law's abuses and get hit by her
GS- She will ask how can you be so late from shopping?
Voice-We will say at our mother's place we would spend more time, so we took so much time.
abuse
chappals
footwear
hit
in-laws
luggage
premises
shelter home
shopping
time
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