Prostitutes plan protest against feature film.

(From The Statesman (India))

SEBANTI SARKAR STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, Aug. 16. - Ever since Buddhadeb Dasgupta's Mondo Meyer Upakhyan won the National Award for best feature film, the fact that real sex workers were used in the film has received a lot of publicity. True, that Dasgupta went on record saying that he had sought their help "to lend authenticity" to the film and in the process learnt "they are good human beings". But have sex workers Sudipta, Sikha, Sankari and others been used by the producers for box office purposes? The question has arisen because now, a few days after the film was release, the sex workers feel cheated. "We have been exploited, …