08 December,2009 11:42 AM IST | | Kranti Vibhute
Ajay Suryawanashi, tortured in a juvenile home, will showcase plight of children like him on celluloid in his movie Remand Home
Ajay Suryawanashi (24) experienced hell for more than 10 years.
The boy from Satara lived in a cramped room along with 150 boys and girls in a remand home, was sexually abused, wore unwashed clothes and lived without food for days.
Though that nightmare is now over, Suryawanshi wants to replicate it on celluloid.
He has produced a film, Remand Home, which will showcase the plight of children living in juvenile homes and the trauma associated with it even when you leave the place.
Bad impression
"At the Satara remand home, we got food with dirt in it and there were no books to study. I wanted to study, but never got a chance.
My friend has completed his Masters, but can't get a job because he does not have a ration card or any residential proof.
He only had a certificate stating the number of years he spent in the remand home.
There is an impression among people that kids living in remand homes are thieves. This is what my movie will project," explained Suryawanshi, who now lives in Chembur.
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The movie is slated for release next year and features Aditya Lakhia, who played Kachra in Lagaan, Vijay Patkar, who featured in Wanted, Marati actor Jitendra Joshi and Upendra Limaye, who starred in Traffic Signal and the Marathi film, Jogwa.
Suryawanshi, writer Ashish R Deo, who also wrote Darna Zaroori Hai, and 10 others, visited remand homes in Mumbai, Pune and Satara and interviewed 400 kids as part of the research.
Ajay's Story
Ajay Suryawanashi (pictured) does not remember how he landed in the remand home. He only knows the police brought him there when he was in Std I and had a harrowing experience.
Social worker Raju Sontakke and a film producer came to his rescue. Suryawanshi, who now runs a local newspaper in Chembur, has no clue about his family.
