Inside a sex worker's room! 😵

50% off Epidemic Sound for 3 months - high quality music used by world-famous creators. https://share.epidemicsound.com/kkcreateDEC25 | Code: KKCREATE50 I went to Budhwar Peth, Pune - India's 3rd largest red light area, right next to the famous Dagdu Seth Mandir. What I discovered changed everything I thought I knew: - Streets named after sex workers, yet society pretends they don't exist - A mother who passed 10th grade after 20 years, now preparing for 12th - Police violence so brutal, one woman was raped by 30+ officers in a single night - Rooms filled with pink walls, roses in buckets, and carefully grown plants - 17-year-long relationships between workers and their regular customers - Women who say "My Body, My Choice" while the system calls them criminals This video isn't a rescue story - it's about respect. You'll see women who aren't asking for pity. They're demanding what we all deserve: to be seen as people first, not judged by their profession. They did my makeup. We shared meals. We talked about life, dreams, and the violence that society refuses to acknowledge. Through videos like this, I show you communities that exist in the shadows - not to sensationalize, but to humanize. Comment below: Did this change how you see sex work? ************** Credits: Host: Kavya DOP: Nivediata Man (@cinematowali) Producer and Researcher: Mamta (@mamtareports_) Editor: Ayushi Gupta (@imperfectayushi), Gaurav Mandal (@gurvmndl) Assistant Editors: Anmol Prasher (@anmol.prasher), Aman Jha *********** My Gears for shooting this video: Sony A7s3 - https://amzn.to/3XaeyjE Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 (Lens) - https://amzn.to/44lM4qZ Sony 16–35mm F2.8 GM II (Lens) - https://amzn.to/47RnWPt Sony NP-FZ100 (Battery) - https://amzn.to/485RV53 DJI MIC 2 (Mic) - https://amzn.to/3LO4Ktc DJI MIC 2 (Single) - https://amzn.to/4iaHRw9 Rode Videomic - https://amzn.to/4rYunIl insta360 X5 (360 Camera) - https://amzn.in/d/fOzTsuI ************* Time Stamps: 00:00 - Inside a sex worker's room! 01:11 - Who are the customers? 02:24 - Didi does my makeup 04:17 - Budhwar Peth, where sex workers stay 04:50 - How we choose music for our video with Epidemic. 05:43 - Who decides the price? 06:07 - The rate card 06:45 - Streets named after sex workers 07:05 - Music + God lives here too 09:21 - Rooms of sex workers 10:21 - Meeting the Gharwali (landlord) 12:32 - How they entered this work 14:24 - Sex work during periods 14:39 - Relationship with alcohol 15:10 - "This is work, not shame" 17:24 - Violence by police and hospitals 19:31 - Saheli NGO - Fighting for rights 21:00 - Should brothels be banned? 21:32 - Stigma attached to sex workers 24:50 - Do their children know about their work? 25:47 - What are their dreams? ***************** About me: KK Create is a channel run by Kavya Karnatac. Hi! I was born in Uttarakhand, raised in Delhi, I did my Masters in Mumbai in Media and Cultural Studies. I dream of making a video about every district of India. ❤️❤️ With the aim of - Bringing Cultures Together! I make geography fun on my Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kk.create/ I write about my content creation journey on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kavya-karnatac/ ********** Additional Watching: How Uttar Pradesh earns 1200 CRORES from this perfume! https://youtu.be/KZeGwqaKe8k I investigated India’s DEADLY BURNING city in this video : https://youtu.be/XopdRESIJc4