the durbar mahila samanwaya committee, a prostitutes' organization active in sonagachi, has criticized the film for presenting the children's parents as abusive and for ignoring the prostitutes' efforts to provide education programs and career building activities for their children. in addition, the film has been criticized in india for perceived racist stereotyping, and has also been viewed as exploiting the children for the purposes of indophobic propaganda in the west. a review in frontline, india's national magazine, summarized this criticism, remarking: