Maya
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Digvijay Singh
Nitya Shetty
Anant Nag
Mita Vasisht
Shilpa Navalkar
Virendra Saxena
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Maya is a happy little 12-year-old girl living with a foster family she considers to be her own. She and her foster brother Sanjay are perfectly matched in size, athletic ability, adventurousness and mischievousness, and mother and father are loving, supportive and wealthy enough to live graciously and generously. When Maya and Sanjay get in trouble for a prank, for example, Dad indulgently smooths things out and lets the kids run off to get a popsicle. Out of school for the summer, they have the run of the town and the farmlands on the edge of the village. Their life is free, easy and full of fun. Things change dramatically, however, when Maya gets her first period. From that day forth, she is considered grown up and is consequently enlisted in household duties. She doesn't feel any different and Sanjay certainly doesn't understand, but the change is drastic - especially for Maya who is soon taken back to her biological family and forced into a ritual deflowering by the local priests.
Director
Digvijay Singh
Cast
Nitya Shetty
Anant Nag
Mita Vasisht
Shilpa Navalkar
Virendra Saxena
Nikhil Yaday
Mukesh Bhat
Crew
Philippe Heissler
Manesh Judge
Mark Lapwood
Noorallah Lodhi
Bridget Lyon
Emmanuel Pappas
Emmanuel Pappas
Dileep Singh Rathore
P Narayana Reddy
Neil Roberts
Digvijay Singh
Raj Singh
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2001
Released in United States on Video January 18, 2005
Released in United States October 2001
Released in United States November 2001
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (in competition) August 23 - September 3, 2001.
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (in competition) October 4-18, 2001.
Shown at London Film Festival (World Cinema) November 7-22, 2001.
According to director Singh, the ritual raping of girls who have just reached puberty by village elders is still in practice in parts of India today. The film is intended to draw attention to this officially sanctioned form of child abuse.
Feature directorial debut for Digvijay Singh.
Released in United States 2001
Released in United States on Video January 18, 2005
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (in competition) August 23 - September 3, 2001.)
Released in United States November 2001 (Shown at London Film Festival (World Cinema) November 7-22, 2001.)
Released in United States November 2001 (Shown at AFI Fest 2001: The American Film Institute Los Angeles International Film Festival (Asian New Classics) November 1-11, 2001.)
Released in United States October 2001 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (in competition) October 4-18, 2001.)
