A bonded women) is a 1988 Indian Telugu-language drama film written and directed by B. Narsing Rao starring Archana as Daasi Kamalakshi.
[1] The film won five honors including Best Feature Film in Telugu at the 36th National Film Awards, "For portraying the grim reality of a feaudal milieu through original and rare use of film language" as cited by the Jury,[2] and the Diploma of Merit award at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival in 1989.
[4][5] The story is of Kamalakshi (Archana), a bonded woman known as Daasi in Hyderabad State in the 1920s in Telangana region.
She has been sold by her family for money to be the servant of a wealthy couple.
She is also required to be the sexual toy of the man of the house (Dora) and his guests – anywhere and at any time of the day or night.