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Sadgati () is a 1981 Hindi television film directed by Satyajit Ray, based on a short story of same name by Munshi Premchand. Ray called this drama of a poor Dalit "a deeply angry film [...] not the anger of an exploding bomb but of a bow stretched taut and quivering."

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When a poor and out-caste village tanner goes to village priest to get the date of his daughter's marriage fixed, the priest in turn asks for labor without pay in exchange.

Released: 1981-01-0145 minDir: Satyajit RayDrama, TV Movie

Cast

  • Om Puri as Dukhi
  • Smita Patil as Jhuria
  • Mohan Agashe as Bramhin
  • Gita Siddharth as The Brahmin's wife
  • Richa Mishra as Dhania
  • Bhaialal Hedao as The Gond

Themes

  • marriage proposal
  • physical work
  • shoemaker

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Key facts

Television.director
Satyajit Ray
Television.producer
Doordarshan
Television.screenplay
Satyajit Ray
Television.starring
Om PuriSmita PatilMohan AgasheGita SiddharthRicha Mishra
Television.music
Satyajit Ray
Television.cinematography
Soumendu Roy
Television.editor
Dulal Dutta
Television.runtime
52 min
Television.country
India
Television.language
Hindi

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Sadgati () is a 1981 Hindi television film directed by Satyajit Ray, based on a short story of same name by Munshi Premchand. Ray called this drama of a poor Dalit "a deeply angry film [...] not the anger of an exploding bomb but of a bow stretched taut and quivering."

==Cast== Om Puri as Dukhi Smita Patil as Jhuria Mohan Agashe as The Priest Gita Siddharth as The wife Bhaiyalal Hedao as The Gond Richa Mishra as Dhania

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sadgati” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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