Kolkata: “Malaise of Mansind” – a hard documentary with interviewing more than 35 victims of human trafficking in Bengal – recently filtered at Max Mueller Bhawan.
Victims – both women and men – share horror stories about their physical harassment and how they are forced to satisfy 20-30 clients every day.
According to the filmmaker Abhijit Dasgupta, “We were accused of only highlighting bad news – but at least two survivors who now help rehabilitate ‘victims’ have expressed their sadness on what happened in’ a woman’s house that was very active officer narrating her experience about capturing officers related to Trade of children.
The Baduria case is a pointer.
“This 94-minute documentary has several patients with sufferers.
The person who became a slave for three years before it was saved talking about how he was asked to take a bath in turmeric if his body was sick due to sexual and physical harassment that was unrelenting.
“Bring me warm turmeric water, they will say: ‘Wash.
Why don’t you work? Have I paid anything? I paid Rs 2.5 Lakh to see your beautiful face, eh?” He said on the camera before going on strike About how the pin rolled inserted into his body to torture him if he refused to attend 50-55 customers.
The interview of the Kedar Psychiatrist Ranjan Banerjee, who is the founder of the National Institute of Behavior, describes the extraordinary suffering faced by these girls.
“They also have something called ‘season time’.
All the main ‘Puja’ festivals are seasons for them.
During the season, they must serve 18 to 20 people a day.
Most of 6pm and 4 in the morning,” he said.
The suffering increased, as indicated by a documentary, when the police sometimes lack sensitive and failed to follow the correct procedure, which led to a low level of prosecution.
Parents and victims who have been harmed, who have traumatized with this insensitance, also speaks on the camera.
“I went to the police station but did not know how to submit FIR.
What I knew was what happened to me wrong and I wanted to punish him.
When I went to the police station, I faced a stigma from the officer,” said a victim.
He revealed the trauma accused of returning from the “dirty place”.
“I was told that it was me who had seduced the boy.
Even the chairs where I sat were cut.
They said:” He will pollute the chair too! Move.
Sit outside ‘, “he said How the trade risk increases due to child marriage.
“The reality is shocking.
I don’t want to depend on statistics.
Unfortunately even if a girl will be exploited.
That’s why film consciousness and filtering in the village is very important, “said Dasgupta.
Speaking of two recent documentaries, Dasgupta said” E Gari Cholche Aajab Coley “was really based on full watershed.
It was played in Nandan recently.
“I have done two award-winning documentary films in Baul in 1975 and 1979.
Purna Das appeared there.
This one really is on him.
This is anecdotal but not chronologically.
I don’t want him to sit in place and talk.
So, He always moves while being interviewed, “he said.” Naren: Intuitive Scientist “is the fifth project in Vivekananda.” Although it is often referred to as a monk, Swami Vivekananda is also an intuitive scientist.
This film is part of a series of six parts where I have explored Swami Vivekananda’s ideas on education, religion, trade and business, among others, the first film following an eccentric scientist traveling to the room looking for his teacher Is an intuitive scientist, “he added.
Documentary changes the lens on the fate of victims of human trafficking
