The Little God

Sambhu, a tribal boy, acts as his father’s stand-in in a dhaba-cum-brothel. This occurs after his family desert their ancient village in Kalahandi in order to escape from the deadly clutches of the worst drought. His old father takes a job as a dishwasher, borrows some money from his master for his daughter’s wedding, but fails to pay up. Once when he goes sick, his master drags Sambhu from his school and forces him to work as a slave. His master violates Lila, a teenaged chic country girl who has been abducted and sold to him for flesh trade. Sambhu despises his master’s ways, and rescues the girl from the brothel. Sambhu is nabbed by the police and suffers gruesome torture. He manages to get away from the place, visits his sister’s where he witnesses the brutal murder of his pregnant sister. Years later, a chance meeting with Lila reveals to him that she is deceiving her bloke, and playing the inconstant wife. All his hopes and illusions are shattered. Sambhu is not submissive he fights single-handedly against the others. Immensely cheesed off with his job, he tries to throw off the yoke of slavery. He yearns to breathe freely to work, play, and be happy. Can he? …