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Kavi

Kavi

5,6 /10 (10 Votes)
2009 EN 19 min

Overview

The story of a young boy who attempts to escape from the brick kiln where he is forced to work as a bonded labor slave in India.

Release date

17/04/2009

Votes

10

Popularity

0.6

Not all prisons have bars.

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

19 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2024-03-17

⭐ 7

I felt really quite uncomfortable watching this short film. It's centred around the eponymous young lad (Sagar Salunkhe) who spends just about every waking hour working at a brick kiln. His parents owe the owner !0,000 rupees but all "Kavi" wants to do is play cricket with the schoolboys he sees every day. His brute of a boss (Ulhas Tayade) promises him a game if he can clear all the reject bricks, but with that prospect looking less and less likely - as he is left chained to a wall - he must surely turn his mind to a change. His encounter with some strangers in the forest might just offer him…

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