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Punyakoti

Punyakoti (), also released as A Truthful Mother, is a 2020 Indian Sanskrit-language animated film directed by Ravishankar Venkateswaran. Ilaiyaraaja composed the soundtrack of the film. It is the first animated film in Sanskrit.

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Facing a drought, a hungry tiger and a noble cow have an extraordinary encounter in this fable based on a children’s book and a Kannada folk song.

Released: 2019-12-2585 minDir: Ravishankar VenkateswaranAnimation

Cast

Revathi as Punyakoti
Roger Narayan as Kalinga
Sneha Ravishankar as Putta
Leela S.R. as Ajji

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Key dates

Published: 2019

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Instance of: film
Genre: fantasy film
Country of origin: India
Original language: Sanskrit
Composer: Ilaiyaraaja
Distribution format: direct-to-video
Official website: www.punyakoti.com

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P750: Netflix

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Punyakoti is an adaptation of a picture book for children written by Ravishankar, was produced through crowdsourcing and it is the first Sanskrit animated film. The film got certified from Central Board of Film Certification on 18 March 2020, but its theatrical release was halted due to Corona pandemic. Finally Samskrita Bharati premiered the film through online streaming platform Vimeo on 25 March 2020 and Netflix added the film to its platform on 31 March 2020.