Movie Description
दीक्षा
(1991)Overview
Circa British Rule in India, a man vows to make his only surviving son, Narayan, alias Nani, a Brahmachari to atone for the deaths of five of his children. He takes this child to a remote village in Karnataka, South India, where he leaves his 11 year old son in the care of a learned Archarya, Udup Pandit. Here Nani gets to meet two other disciples of the Archarya, as well as his widowed daughter, Yamuna, and another male by the name of Shrikar Upadhyay, who also teaches the British how to read and write in Hindi. The Archarya goes away for a few days, and when he returns nothing is the same anymore. His daughter is pregnant, the villagers are all set to remove her from the village, they are also angry with him for refusing Yamuna to follow the traditional way of a Hindu widow.
Featured Crew
- Director : Arun Kaul
- Editor : Adesh Verma
- Cast : Nana Patekar,Manohar Singh,Vijay Kashyap,Anubhav Mishra,Sulabha Arya,K.K. Raina,Rajshree Sawant
Cast
Koga Pandit
Udup Pandit
Manjunath
Ganesh
Dondamma (Koga's guardian)
Shrikar Upadhyay
Yamuna
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Facts
Original Titleदीक्षा
Status Released
Release Information
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1991-01-01
Original LanguageHindi
Runtime 02h 00m
Production CompaniesNational Film Development Corporation of India
Genres
- Drama
