GHATASHRADDHA THE RITUAL GIRISH KASARAVALLI

  • INDIA

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  • KANNADA

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  • 1977

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  • 108 mins

  • FILM COURTESY

    Restored by Film Heritage Foundation

  • PHOTO COURTESY

    Film Heritage Foundation

Yamuna, a child widow, lives with her father Udupa, who runs a residential Vedic school for Brahmin boys. Naani, a new student at the school, develops a deep bond of affection with Yamuna. Set in South India, the film describes the ostracism of a young woman who transgresses the code of the orthodox Brahmin society. It is based on a novella by eminent Kannada writer U. R. Ananthamurthy. The film was Girish Kasaravalli's first feature film as a director.

ವಿಧವೆಯಾದ ಯಮುನಕ್ಕ ತಂದೆ ಶೇಷಗಿರಿ ಉಡುಪರ ಜೊತೆ ವಾಸ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾಳೆ. ಉಡುಪರು ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ವೇದ ಪಾಠಶಾಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಓದುತ್ತಿರುವ ಹುಡುಗರ ಪೈಕಿ ಎಂಟು ವರ್ಷದ ನಾಣಿಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಅವಳಿಗೆ ವಿಶೇಷ ಒಲವು. ನಾಣಿಗೂ ಅವಳಲ್ಲಿ ತಾಯಿಯನ್ನು ಕಂಡಷ್ಟೇ ಪ್ರೀತಿ. ಆ ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲೇ ವಾಸವಾಗಿದ್ದ ಇನ್ನಿಬ್ಬರು ವೇದಾಧ್ಯಯನಿಗಳಾದ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರೀ ಮತ್ತು ಗಣೇಶರಿಗೆ ಯಮುನಕ್ಕಳನ್ನು ಕಂಡರೆ ಕುತ್ಸಿತ ಭಾವನೆ. ಸಂಪ್ರದಾಯದ ಹೆಸರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಪಟ್ಟಭದ್ರರು ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಒಂದು ಕ್ರೂರ ಆಚರಣೆ, ಮೌಢ್ಯದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಚಿತ್ರ ಬೆಳಕು ಚೆಲ್ಲುತ್ತದೆ.

Producer(s) or Production Company :

Sadanand Suvarna

Screenplay :

Girish Kasaravalli

Director of Photography :

S. Ramachandra

Editor :

Umesh Kulkarni

Music :

B. V. Karanth

Sound :

K. S. Krishna Moorthy

Cast :

Meena Kuttappa, Narayana Bhat, Ajit Kumar, Jagannath Suresh, Shantha H. S. Parvathi Ramakrishna, Ramaswamy Iyengar

Awards - Winner :

25th National Film Awards, India (Golden Lotus Award - Best Feature Film, Best Music, Best Direction, Best Child Artist), Karnataka State Film Awards (First Best Film, Best Story, Best Screenplay, Best Child Actor)

Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection :

Venice FF (Venezia Classici Award - Best Restored Film), Mami FF (Official Selection)

GIRISH KASARAVALLI

Girish Kasaravalli, born in 1950 in Kesalur village, Karnataka, is a renowned filmmaker and a pioneer of the Indian New Wave. An FTII alumnus, he won his first National Award for his student diploma film. Over four and a half decades, he directed 15 feature films and documentaries, winning 27 international, 25 national, and 46 Karnataka state awards. In 2011, he was conferred the Padma Shri. In 2024, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Jaffna International Cinema Festival, and his iconic film GHATASHRADDHA was showcased in the Classics section of the Venice Film Festival, solidifying his cinematic legacy.