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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...encounters Hazari, a poor Indian farmer masterfully played by Om Puri. Hazari has a family--a wife, Kamla (Shabana Azmi), two sons and a daughter. Hazari pulls a rickshaw for a living, under the auspices of the Landlord--known as the Godfather to the tenants--and his merciless son, Ashok. The story unravels as Max begins to help out at a free clinic in the slum that Hazari lives in. He starts out saying, "I hate sick people," but ends up finding a part of himself in them. By the end of the movie, he says, "I have never felt...

Author: By Aparijita Ramakrishnan, | Title: Swayze in City of Joy | 4/23/1992 | See Source »

...camera heightens the suggestion of what is to come without allowing the scene to become graphic; there is no nudity, but there is plenty of screaming and leering. When the deed is done, the audience lets out a barely audible sigh of relief. Or is it pleasure? For Ashok Rawat, 28, a building contractor, it is the latter. Says he: "Rape is enjoyable because in men's fantasies force is the only way to get women who are otherwise out of reach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Romance and A Little Rape | 8/13/1990 | See Source »

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