Amoli (film)

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 on May 2018.

Amoli: Priceless
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
LanguageEnglish
Hindi
Marathi
Tamil
Telugu
Bengali
Kannada

Rajkummar Rao (Hindi), Sanket Mhatre (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]

References
  1. Sinha, Sayoni (2018-05-19). "Have you seen my girl?". thehindu.com. India: The Hindu. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  2. "'Amoli: Priceless' - A film that captures the magnitude of child trafficking in India". www.thenewsminute.com. India: The News Minute. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  3. "Kamal Haasan, Rajkummar lend voice to film on sexual exploitation". newindianexpress.com. India: The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  4. "ಹೆಣ್ಣು ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಕಳ್ಳಸಾಗಣೆ ತಡೆಗೆ ಕೈಜೋಡಿಸಿದ ಪುನೀತ್‌". vijaykarnataka.indiatimes.com (in Kannada). Karnataka, India: Vijaya Karnataka. 2018-05-09. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  5. "Kamal Haasan, Rajkummar Rao lend voice to film on sexual exploitation titled Amoli: Priceless". indianexpress.com. India: The Indian Express. 2018-05-06. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  6. R, Shilpa Sebastian (2018-05-07). "Puneeth Rajkumar lends his voice for 'Amoli: Priceless'". thehindu.com. India: The Hindu. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  7. "These actresses only want to concentrate on films - Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. India: The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  8. R, Shilpa Sebastian (7 May 2018). "Puneeth Rajkumar lends his voice for 'Amoli: Priceless'". India: The Hindu.
  9. "66th National Film Awards for 2018 announced". pib.gov.in. Press Information Bureau.
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