Champia — Daughters of This Century Character Profile

About Champia

Forty-year-old dalit farm laborer seeking work in Surathpura to support her planned marriage to Natowar. After failing to secure employment and being rejected by Natowar, she marries another job-seeker, Gaibinath, and returns to her village.

Character Facts

Played by

Deepa Sahi

Appears in

Daughters of This Century (2001)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• Champia — Conflict Societal Opponent — Kadambini (Shabana Azmi)

  Individual resistance against entrenched social and economic barriers.

• Champia — Social Class Ally — Abhagi (Jaya Bachchan)

  Shared class identity and economic marginalization within rural society.

• Champia — Professional Laborer — Charu (Nandita Das)

  Precarious employment and exploitation in domestic and agricultural sectors.

• Champia — Narrative Parallel Protagonist — Hemlata (Sulabha Deshpande)

  Shared themes of displacement and the search for stable shelter.

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More characters from Daughters of This Century

• Kadambini (Shabana Azmi)
• Abhagi (Jaya Bachchan)
• Son in law (Arjun Chakraborty)
• Charu (Nandita Das)
• Hemlata (Sulabha Deshpande)
• Passer by (Jeet)
• Colleague (Kaushik Sen)