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Death of a Doctor
directed by Tapan Sinha; performed by Irrfan Khan, 1967-, Pankaj Kapur and Shabana Azmi, 1950- (India: National Film Development Corporation Ltd), 2 hours 13 mins
Dr. Dipankar spends his days treating patients at a government hospital, and his nights working on a leprosy vaccine in his home laboratory. Straining both his health and his relationship with his wife, he finally brings his work to fruition. However, his achievements are immediately mired in controversy as his...
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directed by Tapan Sinha; performed by Irrfan Khan, 1967-, Pankaj Kapur and Shabana Azmi, 1950- (India: National Film Development Corporation Ltd), 2 hours 13 mins
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Dr. Dipankar spends his days treating patients at a government hospital, and his nights working on a leprosy vaccine in his home laboratory. Straining both his health and his relationship with his wife, he finally brings his work to fruition. However, his achievements are immediately mired in controversy as his professional peers question the methods of his experiments and subsequent findings. The Department of Health, angry with Dr. Dipankar...
Dr. Dipankar spends his days treating patients at a government hospital, and his nights working on a leprosy vaccine in his home laboratory. Straining both his health and his relationship with his wife, he finally brings his work to fruition. However, his achievements are immediately mired in controversy as his professional peers question the methods of his experiments and subsequent findings. The Department of Health, angry with Dr. Dipankar for having released the news to the press without their approval, too refuses to recognize his research and goes further to transfer him to a village clinic. And when the John Anderson Foundation in Britain invites Dr. Dipankar to submit his papers to them, the Director of Health makes sure that the letter gets lost in a pile of paperwork. Strapped of time, Dr. Dipankar is unable to finish documenting his research and before he is able to do so, news breaks that two American scientists have already found a vaccine for leprosy. This film is based on the life and suicide of Dr. Subhash Mukhopadhyay, the first Indian doctor to create a test tube baby. Awards/Festivals: Second Best Feature Film, Best Director & Special Jury Award for Best Actor, National Film Awards, India; Best Film & Best Director, Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards; Best Screenplay, Film Fare Awards; Red Cross Film Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Date Written / Recorded
2011-04-27
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Irrfan Khan, 1967-, Pankaj Kapur, Shabana Azmi, 1950-
Author / Creator
Tapan Sinha, Irrfan Khan, 1967-, Pankaj Kapur, Shabana Azmi, 1950-
Date Published / Released
1990
Publisher
National Film Development Corporation Ltd
Topic / Theme
Public health, Scientific research
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1990 Used by permission of National Film Development Corporation.
Awards Event
National Film Awards (India)
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Halodhia Choraye Baddhan Khai
directed by Jahnu Barua, 1952-; produced by Jahnu Barua, 1952-; performed by Purnima Pathak, fl. 1977-1987, Badal Das, fl. 1987 and Indra Bania, fl. 1985-2008 (Mumbai, Maharashtra: Dolphin Communications, 1987), 1 hour 57 mins
This film, directed by Jahnu Barua, is about about the interactions between a greedy landowner and a humiliated farmer.
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directed by Jahnu Barua, 1952-; produced by Jahnu Barua, 1952-; performed by Purnima Pathak, fl. 1977-1987, Badal Das, fl. 1987 and Indra Bania, fl. 1985-2008 (Mumbai, Maharashtra: Dolphin Communications, 1987), 1 hour 57 mins
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This film, directed by Jahnu Barua, is about about the interactions between a greedy landowner and a humiliated farmer.
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Purnima Pathak, fl. 1977-1987, Badal Das, fl. 1987, Indra Bania, fl. 1985-2008
Contributor
Jahnu Barua, 1952-
Author / Creator
Jahnu Barua, 1952-, Purnima Pathak, fl. 1977-1987, Badal Das, fl. 1987, Indra Bania, fl. 1985-2008
Date Published / Released
1987
Publisher
Dolphin Communications
Topic / Theme
Indian, Indian people, Landowners, Farmers, Greed, Korean
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1987 by Dolphin Communications
Awards Event
National Film Awards (India), Locarno International Film Festival
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Marhi Da Deeva
directed by Surinder Singh; performed by Deepti Naval, fl. 1977-2013, Pankaj Kapur and Raj Babbar, 1952- (India: National Film Development Corporation Ltd), 1 hour 47 mins
The film is a social tragedy born out of the gradual transformation of feudalism into capitalism. It concerns the predicament of the protagonist Jasgir, who becomes the victim of the exploiter's tendencies of the young landlord. His father was treated kindly by the elder landlord, but the son Bhanta tries to retri...
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directed by Surinder Singh; performed by Deepti Naval, fl. 1977-2013, Pankaj Kapur and Raj Babbar, 1952- (India: National Film Development Corporation Ltd), 1 hour 47 mins
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The film is a social tragedy born out of the gradual transformation of feudalism into capitalism. It concerns the predicament of the protagonist Jasgir, who becomes the victim of the exploiter's tendencies of the young landlord. His father was treated kindly by the elder landlord, but the son Bhanta tries to retrieve all of what his father had given to Jagsir. Against the background of this external oppression, Jagsir is also deprived of normal l...
The film is a social tragedy born out of the gradual transformation of feudalism into capitalism. It concerns the predicament of the protagonist Jasgir, who becomes the victim of the exploiter's tendencies of the young landlord. His father was treated kindly by the elder landlord, but the son Bhanta tries to retrieve all of what his father had given to Jagsir. Against the background of this external oppression, Jagsir is also deprived of normal life because he belongs to a low caste and cannot marry from among his own people as his parents' marriage was not acceptable to his maternal grandparents, who discarded his mother. Jagsir is thus condemned to live and die without a child who will light a lamp at his tomb. Jagsir however falls in love with his friend's wife Bhani. Does love hold any promise for the future, or is Jagsir to drag his life to death and become extinct without anybody to light his tomb?
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Film
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Deepti Naval, fl. 1977-2013, Pankaj Kapur, Raj Babbar, 1952-
Author / Creator
Surinder Singh, Deepti Naval, fl. 1977-2013, Pankaj Kapur, Raj Babbar, 1952-
Date Published / Released
1989
Publisher
National Film Development Corporation Ltd
Topic / Theme
Marriage, Romantic relationships
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1989 Used by permission of National Film Development Corporation.
Awards Event
National Film Awards (India)
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Miss Beatty's Children
directed by Pamela Rooks, 1958-; performed by Protima Bedi, 1949-1998, Faith Brook, 1922-2012 and Jenny Seagrove (India: National Film Development Corporation Ltd), 1 hour 46 mins
In 1936 Colonial India, Jane Beatty moves to Trippuvur to work for Mabel Forster, a missionary determined to make a difference and save young local girls from being sold to the temple for prostitution. When Jane purchases a girl to save her from such a fate, she brings the mission into a head-on conflict with Kam...
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directed by Pamela Rooks, 1958-; performed by Protima Bedi, 1949-1998, Faith Brook, 1922-2012 and Jenny Seagrove (India: National Film Development Corporation Ltd), 1 hour 46 mins
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In 1936 Colonial India, Jane Beatty moves to Trippuvur to work for Mabel Forster, a missionary determined to make a difference and save young local girls from being sold to the temple for prostitution. When Jane purchases a girl to save her from such a fate, she brings the mission into a head-on conflict with Kamla Devi, a senior temple woman. Jane is then forced to smuggle the girl out of Trippuvur and put her up for adoption in the city. How...
In 1936 Colonial India, Jane Beatty moves to Trippuvur to work for Mabel Forster, a missionary determined to make a difference and save young local girls from being sold to the temple for prostitution. When Jane purchases a girl to save her from such a fate, she brings the mission into a head-on conflict with Kamla Devi, a senior temple woman. Jane is then forced to smuggle the girl out of Trippuvur and put her up for adoption in the city. However, when Jane realizes that adopted children get sent back to the mission when their British foster parents move home to England, she is unwilling to leave the girl to such a fate. Thus, Jane Beatty makes her first adoption. However, being a single parent to Indian and Eurasian children proves to be challenging in a racially discriminating society. American doctor Alan Chandler helps her out along the way, becoming her confidante, but big changes are ahead as the beginnings of the Second World War start to brew. Awards/Festivals: Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director, Silver Lotus Award for Best Cinematography & Best Processing, National Film Awards, India; Montreal World Film Festival Canada; Asia Pacific Film Festival; Damascus Film Festival; International Women Directors Festival, Marseille; International Film Festival of India.
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Protima Bedi, 1949-1998, Faith Brook, 1922-2012, Jenny Seagrove
Author / Creator
Pamela Rooks, 1958-, Protima Bedi, 1949-1998, Faith Brook, 1922-2012, Jenny Seagrove
Date Published / Released
1992
Publisher
National Film Development Corporation Ltd
Topic / Theme
Prejudice, Adoption, Children, Racism
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1992 Used by permission of National Film Development Corporation.
Awards Event
National Film Awards (India)
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The Shelter of Wings
directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta, 1944-; performed by Rajit Kapoor, fl. 1993-2012, Indrani Haldar, 1971- and Shankar Chakraborty, fl. 1991-2013 (India: Privately Published), 1 hour 22 mins
Based on the novel by Prafulla Roy, Charachar (Shelter of the Wings) revolves around the film's protagonist Lakha, who comes from a family of bird catchers. Each day Lakha traps birds and sells them to Shashmal, the local dealer who in turn sells them to wealthy people who live in the city. Unfortunately, before...
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directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta, 1944-; performed by Rajit Kapoor, fl. 1993-2012, Indrani Haldar, 1971- and Shankar Chakraborty, fl. 1991-2013 (India: Privately Published), 1 hour 22 mins
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Based on the novel by Prafulla Roy, Charachar (Shelter of the Wings) revolves around the film's protagonist Lakha, who comes from a family of bird catchers. Each day Lakha traps birds and sells them to Shashmal, the local dealer who in turn sells them to wealthy people who live in the city. Unfortunately, before they are sold, many of the birds die. Despite being in desperate need of the money he makes from the birds, Lakha's deep love for them...
Based on the novel by Prafulla Roy, Charachar (Shelter of the Wings) revolves around the film's protagonist Lakha, who comes from a family of bird catchers. Each day Lakha traps birds and sells them to Shashmal, the local dealer who in turn sells them to wealthy people who live in the city. Unfortunately, before they are sold, many of the birds die. Despite being in desperate need of the money he makes from the birds, Lakha's deep love for them inspires him to let many go free. Frustrated by her husband's lack of ambition and his obsession with the birds, Lakha's wife Sari has an affair with another bird catcher. This beautifully told narrative reveals the connection between humans and the natural world. Awards/Festivals: Nominated Golden Berlin Bear, Berlin International Film Festival 1994; Won Audience Award and Special Jury Award Fribourg International Film Festival 1995; Won Golden Lotus Award, India National Film Awards 1994.
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Date Written / Recorded
2009-10-19
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Rajit Kapoor, fl. 1993-2012, Indrani Haldar, 1971-, Shankar Chakraborty, fl. 1991-2013
Contributor
Buddhadeb Dasgupta, 1944-
Author / Creator
Buddhadeb Dasgupta, 1944-, Rajit Kapoor, fl. 1993-2012, Indrani Haldar, 1971-, Shankar Chakraborty, fl. 1991-2013
Date Published / Released
1993
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Bengali, Marriage, Infidelity
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1993 Used by permission of Buddhadeb Dasgupta.
Awards Event
National Film Awards (India), Fribourg International Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival
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Adi Sankarcharya
directed by G.V. Iyer, 1918-; performed by Manjunath Bhatt, fl. 1983, M.V. Narayana Rao, fl. 1983 and Sarvadaman D. Banerjee, fl. 1983 (India: National Film Development Corporation Ltd), 1 hour 58 mins
This film was directed by G.V. Iyer, and features Sarvadaman D. Banerjee, M.V. Narayana Rao and Manjunath Bhatt.
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directed by G.V. Iyer, 1918-; performed by Manjunath Bhatt, fl. 1983, M.V. Narayana Rao, fl. 1983 and Sarvadaman D. Banerjee, fl. 1983 (India: National Film Development Corporation Ltd), 1 hour 58 mins
Description
This film was directed by G.V. Iyer, and features Sarvadaman D. Banerjee, M.V. Narayana Rao and Manjunath Bhatt.
Date Written / Recorded
1983
Field of Study
Film
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Manjunath Bhatt, fl. 1983, M.V. Narayana Rao, fl. 1983, Sarvadaman D. Banerjee, fl. 1983
Author / Creator
G.V. Iyer, 1918-, Manjunath Bhatt, fl. 1983, M.V. Narayana Rao, fl. 1983, Sarvadaman D. Banerjee, fl. 1983
Date Published / Released
1983
Publisher
National Film Development Corporation Ltd
Person Discussed
Adi Shankara, 0788-0820
Topic / Theme
Philosophy
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1983 Used by permission of National Film Development Corporation.
Awards Event
National Film Awards (India)
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Baadhon
directed by Jahnu Barua, 1952-; performed by Bina Potongia, fl. 2007-2012, Bishnu Kharghoria, fl. 1974-2014 and Jatin Bora, fl. 1989-2012 (Mumbai, Maharashtra: Dolphin Communications, 2012), 1 hour 35 mins
This film, directed by Jahnu Barua, is about an elderly couple who arrive in Mumbai to search for their missing grandson after the terror attack on November 26, 2008.
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directed by Jahnu Barua, 1952-; performed by Bina Potongia, fl. 2007-2012, Bishnu Kharghoria, fl. 1974-2014 and Jatin Bora, fl. 1989-2012 (Mumbai, Maharashtra: Dolphin Communications, 2012), 1 hour 35 mins
Description
This film, directed by Jahnu Barua, is about an elderly couple who arrive in Mumbai to search for their missing grandson after the terror attack on November 26, 2008.
Field of Study
Film
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Bina Potongia, fl. 2007-2012, Bishnu Kharghoria, fl. 1974-2014, Jatin Bora, fl. 1989-2012
Author / Creator
Jahnu Barua, 1952-, Bina Potongia, fl. 2007-2012, Bishnu Kharghoria, fl. 1974-2014, Jatin Bora, fl. 1989-2012
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Dolphin Communications
Topic / Theme
Indian, Terrorism, Grandparents, Grandchildren, Indian people, Missing persons, Mumbai Terrorism Attacks, November 26-29, 2008, Indians (Asian)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 by Dolphin Communications
Awards Event
National Film Awards (India)
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Gandhi Se Mahatma Tak
directed by Shyam Benegal, 1934-; performed by Paul Slabolepszy, fl. 1983, Pallavi Joshi, fl. 1977 and Rajit Kapoor, fl. 1993-2012 (India: National Film Development Corporation Ltd, 1996), 2 hours 25 mins
One of two feuding Mohammedan cousins living in Britain but of Indian origin seek the assistance of an Indian Barrister to travel to Britain and settle their matter in a court of law. The Barrister travels to Britain, and finds that all Asians are treated as coolies, and their status is worse than of servants. Des...
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directed by Shyam Benegal, 1934-; performed by Paul Slabolepszy, fl. 1983, Pallavi Joshi, fl. 1977 and Rajit Kapoor, fl. 1993-2012 (India: National Film Development Corporation Ltd, 1996), 2 hours 25 mins
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One of two feuding Mohammedan cousins living in Britain but of Indian origin seek the assistance of an Indian Barrister to travel to Britain and settle their matter in a court of law. The Barrister travels to Britain, and finds that all Asians are treated as coolies, and their status is worse than of servants. Despite of being dressed in a suit and a tie, he is thrown out of a first class train compartment; is asked to remove his cap in a court o...
One of two feuding Mohammedan cousins living in Britain but of Indian origin seek the assistance of an Indian Barrister to travel to Britain and settle their matter in a court of law. The Barrister travels to Britain, and finds that all Asians are treated as coolies, and their status is worse than of servants. Despite of being dressed in a suit and a tie, he is thrown out of a first class train compartment; is asked to remove his cap in a court of law; asked to ride with the driver of the coach; and even shoved out on the footpath for daring to walk close to a bureaucrat's premises; beaten, and abused with no recourse to any justice. His attempts to grieve these issues is met with strong governmental and bureauctatic disapproval and opposition. Notwithstanding this, he settles the dispute between the two cousins out of court, and sets about trying to organize the local Asians to assert their rights, and even represents some of them in Court. Then he journeys to Durban, South Africa, where yet another struggle is taking place against the native Africans and the emigrant Asian community. This is where this young man summons his wife, and three children, and this is where he decides to garner support of the oppressed community to improve the lot of all people, and this is where he will find that though the laws are on his side - the people who interpret them, and legislators are opposed to any kind of fair or equal treatment that this young Barrister was asking for. The young Barrister will then re-locate to India to continue his struggle against the British - and he will soon be known and acknowledged by the world as -- Mahatma Gandhi.
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Date Written / Recorded
1996
Field of Study
Film
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Paul Slabolepszy, fl. 1983, Pallavi Joshi, fl. 1977, Rajit Kapoor, fl. 1993-2012
Author / Creator
Shyam Benegal, 1934-, Paul Slabolepszy, fl. 1983, Pallavi Joshi, fl. 1977, Rajit Kapoor, fl. 1993-2012
Date Published / Released
1996
Publisher
National Film Development Corporation Ltd
Person Discussed
Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948
Topic / Theme
Laws and legislation, Social conflict
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1996 Used by permission of National Film Development Corporation.
Awards Event
National Film Awards (India)
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Mangamma
directed by T.V. Chandran; performed by Nedumudi Venu, 1948-, Thilakan, 1935-2012 and Revathy, 1966- (India: National Film Development Corporation Ltd), 1 hour 38 mins
The film is set in two periods - the first in the political milieu of the 1960s when Kerala was brought under the Presidential rule after the dismissal of the first Communist ministry; the second in 1976 during the Emergency, the time of police excesses and political witch-hunting. Due to constant harassment by th...
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directed by T.V. Chandran; performed by Nedumudi Venu, 1948-, Thilakan, 1935-2012 and Revathy, 1966- (India: National Film Development Corporation Ltd), 1 hour 38 mins
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The film is set in two periods - the first in the political milieu of the 1960s when Kerala was brought under the Presidential rule after the dismissal of the first Communist ministry; the second in 1976 during the Emergency, the time of police excesses and political witch-hunting. Due to constant harassment by the local MLA-cum-landlord, Mangamma (Revathi) and her father (Thilakan) are forced to flee their village on the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border...
The film is set in two periods - the first in the political milieu of the 1960s when Kerala was brought under the Presidential rule after the dismissal of the first Communist ministry; the second in 1976 during the Emergency, the time of police excesses and political witch-hunting. Due to constant harassment by the local MLA-cum-landlord, Mangamma (Revathi) and her father (Thilakan) are forced to flee their village on the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border. The landlord's son attempts to rape Mangamma's younger sister but unfortunately they both die in a fire that destroys the hut. Mangamma and her father are offered shelter and a job by Nair (Nedumudi Venu), who runs a tea shop with his adopted son Velayudhan. Nair marries Mangamma after her father's death.
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Date Written / Recorded
1997
Field of Study
Film
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Nedumudi Venu, 1948-, Thilakan, 1935-2012, Revathy, 1966-
Author / Creator
T.V. Chandran, Nedumudi Venu, 1948-, Thilakan, 1935-2012, Revathy, 1966-
Date Published / Released
1997
Publisher
National Film Development Corporation Ltd
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1997 Used by permission of National Film Development Corporation.
Awards Event
Kerala State Film Awards, National Film Awards (India)
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The Mourner
directed by Kalpana Lajmi, 1954-; performed by Raj Babbar, 1952-, Dimple Kapadia, 1957- and Rakhee Gulzar, 1947- (India: National Film Development Corporation Ltd), 1 hour 55 mins
Sanichari lives alone in a village in Rajasthan, India, working as a bonded laborer. One day, Bhikni, a rudali (professional mourner) comes to stay with Sanichari prior to the death of the local landlord and Sanichari relates her life of miseries to her -- born into a lower caste, Sanichari's father had died shor...
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directed by Kalpana Lajmi, 1954-; performed by Raj Babbar, 1952-, Dimple Kapadia, 1957- and Rakhee Gulzar, 1947- (India: National Film Development Corporation Ltd), 1 hour 55 mins
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Sanichari lives alone in a village in Rajasthan, India, working as a bonded laborer. One day, Bhikni, a rudali (professional mourner) comes to stay with Sanichari prior to the death of the local landlord and Sanichari relates her life of miseries to her -- born into a lower caste, Sanichari's father had died shortly after her birth and then her mother had abandoned her to join a traveling performance troupe. However, through all of her misfortu...
Sanichari lives alone in a village in Rajasthan, India, working as a bonded laborer. One day, Bhikni, a rudali (professional mourner) comes to stay with Sanichari prior to the death of the local landlord and Sanichari relates her life of miseries to her -- born into a lower caste, Sanichari's father had died shortly after her birth and then her mother had abandoned her to join a traveling performance troupe. However, through all of her misfortunes, her husband's death and the departure of her only son, Sanichari had never shed a tear, with her heart hardened to the harshness of life. Bhikni tries to change that for her by encouraging her to become a rudali, a profession that would give her the money and respect that has so far been out of her reach. Through an unexpected twist of events, Sanichari is transformed. Awards/Festivals: Best Actress, Filmfare Critics' Award; Best Actress & Best Costume Designer, National Film Awards, India; Best Actress & Best Music Director, Asia Pacific Film Festival; Best Actress, Damascus Film Festival; Best Art Director, Singapore Film Festival; International Film Festival of India; San Diego Film Festival; Damascus Film Festival.
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Date Written / Recorded
2011-04-21
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Raj Babbar, 1952-, Dimple Kapadia, 1957-, Rakhee Gulzar, 1947-
Author / Creator
Kalpana Lajmi, 1954-, Raj Babbar, 1952-, Dimple Kapadia, 1957-, Rakhee Gulzar, 1947-
Date Published / Released
1992
Publisher
National Film Development Corporation Ltd
Topic / Theme
Economic conditions
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1992 Used by permission of National Film Development Corporation.
Awards Event
Singapore International Film Festival, Damascus Film Festival, Asia-Pacific Film Festival, National Film Awards (India), Filmfare Awards
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