Samskara (film)
| Samskara | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Pattabhirama Reddy |
| Produced by | Pattabhirama Reddy |
| Screenplay by |
Girish Karnad Pattabhirama Reddy |
| Story by | U. R. Ananthamurthy |
| Starring |
Girish Karnad P. Lankesh Dasharathi Dixit B. R. Jayaram Lakshmi Krishnamurthy Snehalata Reddy |
| Music by | Rajeev Taranath |
| Cinematography | Tom Cowan |
| Edited by | Steven Cartaw Vasu |
| Distributed by | Rama Manohara Chitra |
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Release date
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1970 |
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Running time
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113 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
| Budget | ₹90,000 (equivalent to ₹3.3 million or US$49,000 in 2016) |
Samskara (Kannada: ಸಂಸ್ಕಾರ) is a 1970 Indian Kannada film written by U. R. Ananthamurthy based on his novel of the same name, and directed and produced by Pattabhirama Reddy. It is said to have been a path-breaking venture and is supposed to have pioneered the parallel cinema movement in Kannada. The word samskara means ritual in the Kannada language.Singeetam Srinivasa Rao was executive director for the film.Samskara garnered the National Film Award for Best Feature Film for 1970.Samskara was initially banned by the Madras Censor Board before being revoked by the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, because it was felt that the strong anti-caste message being conveyed could spark tensions among the public. However, it was released later and went on to win awards at national and international levels.
The story is set in a street in a small village called Durvasapura in the Western Ghats of Karnataka. A majority of the people who live in the street belong to the community of Madhwas (a Brahmin community). The people who stay here have a traditional mindset and strictly follow the rules defined by their religion. Two of the main characters in the story are Praneshacharya (Girish Karnad) and Narayanappa. Praneshacharya is a devout Brahmin who has completed his Vedic education at Varanasi and has returned to Duravasapura and is considered as the leader of the Brahmin community of his village and the surrounding ones. His main goal is to attain liberation (moksha) and he is willing to go to any length to achieve it. To remain focused on his goal and as an act of self-sacrifice, he marries an invalid woman and hence remains celibate.
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