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Title
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Kamala (2005)
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Description
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In Vijay Tendulkar’s Kamala, a journalist in Delhi learns that women are being auctioned as bonded laborers in rural markets. Determined to expose the story, he purchases a woman named Kamala as proof for a press conference. What begins as investigative zeal gradually reveals deeper layers of exploitation within his own household. In this scene, Kamala, the woman he has bought, sits beside the journalist’s wife. Through their encounter, the wife begins to recognize her own confinement within a patriarchal marriage. Tendulkar’s play shifts the focus from public scandal to private domination, exposing how systems of control operate both in the marketplace and within the domestic sphere. CalAA’s 2005 staging was presented in two performances on the same day, one in Marathi and one in Hindi, reflecting the organization’s commitment to linguistic accessibility while preserving the integrity of regional dramatic literature.
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Date
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2005
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Director
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Mukund Marathe
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Playwright
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Vijay Tendulkar; Hindi translation by Vasant Dev
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Location
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Los Altos High School, Eagle Theater
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Production Location
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CalAA
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Subject
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CalAA
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Identifier
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C4
Kamala (2005)