Now that Alfonso Cuaron's Roma bagged so many Golden Globes and nominated for multiple segments of Oscars, I add examples of some Indian movies hereby and I shall give an anecdotal evidence of how maids in this subcontinent matter more than family members sometimes. Roma by Cuaron documents his growing up days in Mexico city and their family maid Roma.
Khokababur Pratyabartan is a famous novel by Tagore which was made into a movie in 1960 in Bengali by starring Uttam Kumar, the screen legend. This movie and the story shows moral pangs of a trusted servant who loses the master's child and later on returns his own child to the master.
Another recent Bengali movie Nayanchapar Din Ratri (2015) made by Sekhar Das is starred by Roopa Ganguly who essays the role of a maid in Kolkata. In fact the entire movie is about the life story of maids who come to work from surrounding villages of South Bengal to Kolkata.
Hollywood has several examples which I provide below. The Maid's Room of 2014 is a thriller based on murder and disappearance of a Columbian maid in Long Island household.
Maid in Manhattan (2002) is a Romcom starring J Lo which is quite enjoyable.
Similarly I remember an anecdote after Benazir Bhutto's assassination. I read when the entire Zardari and Bhutto family were searching for her last will , the loyal old maid of Benazir came forth and declared that she has been handed over the will by Benazir and she will hand it over only to Bilawal Bhutto, Benazir's son upon his return from UK. This story indeed buttresses the view on importance of maids in Indian subcontinent where maids turn out be trusted more than the family sometimes.
If readers can suggest any Bollywood film on maids I shall be glad because I don't recall anything other than Lust Stories starring Bhumi Pednekar where the complexity of love and power struggle between the maid and the master is shown.
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