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| | ''' Sanskrit cinema ''' refers to the [[Sanskrit]] [[Film industry]] in [[India]]. |
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| '''Sanskrit Cinema''' is a part of [[Indian cinema]]. Very few films in [[Sanskrit]] have been made so far. There is no separate industry set for Sanskrit films. | | == History == |
| | ''Adi Shankaracharya'' was the first Sanskrit feature film. It was made in 1983, produced by [[National Film Development Corporation of India]] and directed by G.V. Iyer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.in/Adi-Shankaracharya-Collectors-Iyer-G-V/dp/B006QQE6GG|title=Adi Shankaracharya (first Sanskrit film)|accessdate=2018-02-02}}</ref> |
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| ==History==
| | The second Sanskrit film, ''Bhagavad Gita'', was made in 1992 by G.V. Iyer. |
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| The first Sanskrit film ever made was [[Adi Shankaracharya (film)|Adi Shankaracharya]] in 1983 by [[G.V. Iyer]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Adi Shankaracharya (1983)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085138/|publisher=IMDb|access-date=9 March 2012}}</ref> At the [[31st National Film Awards]], it won four awards, including [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|Best Film]], [[National Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]], [[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] and [[National Film Award for Best Audiography|Best Audiography]].<ref name="31staward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm31stNFAAward.aspx|title=31st National Film Awards|publisher=[[India International Film Festival]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112200555/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm31stNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=2013-11-12}}</ref><ref name="31stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/31st_nff_1984.pdf|title=31st National Film Awards (PDF)|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]}}</ref> | | ''Priyamanasam'', the third Sanskrit movie, is based on the life of 17th century Keralite poet Unnayi Warrier. The movie was directed by award winning director Vinod Mankara.<ref>{{cite web|author=Vikram|url=https://www.newsgram.com/sanskrit-cinema-a-creative-way-to-revive-sanskrit/|title=Sanskrit cinema:a creative way to revive Sanskrit|publisher=NewsGram|accessdate=2018-02-02}}</ref> |
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| The second film was [[Bhagavad Gita (film)|Bhagavad Gita]] in 1992, again by G.V. Iyer. The film won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film]] at the 40th National awards for 1992.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bhagvad Gita (film) G V Iyer |url= https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000467/1993 |publisher=IMDb |access-date=9 March 2012}}</ref> The next film made was in 2015, after a gap of 22 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsgram.com/sanskrit-cinema-a-creative-way-to-revive-sanskrit|title=Sanskrit Cinema: A creative way to revive Sanskrit|date=7 July 2015|publisher=www.newsgram.com}}</ref>
| | ''Ishti'' was a Sanskrit socialist film released in 2015 and made by G. Prabh. |
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| From 2015 to 2017, 4 Sanskrit films were made in [[Kerala]], India. [[Priyamanasam]] was the 3rd Sanskrit film and the first Sanskrit film from Kerala. The film won the award for 'Best Feature film in Sanskrit' at the 63rd National awards. The film was screened at the 46th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa in 2015. [[Ishti (film)|Ishti]] made in 2016 was the first Sanskrit film based on a social issue. The film was screened at the 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa in 2016, in the panorama section.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iffigoa.org/ishti-first-ever-sanskrit-film-based-social-issue/|title=Ishti is the first ever Sanskrit film based on a social issue|date=23 November 2016|publisher=iffigoa.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/First-Sanskrit-social-movie-flays-Namboothiri-practices/articleshow/50624276.cms|title=First Sanskrit social movie flays Namboothiri practices| work=The Times of India}}</ref>
| | ''Anurakthi'' was the first Sanskrit [[3D]] film, released in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|author=अ आ|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/first-3d-sanskrit-feature-film-to-hit-festival-circuit/article19653676.ece|title=First 3D Sanskrit feature film to hit festival circuit|publisher=TheHindu|accessdate=2018-02-02}}</ref> |
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| [[Suryakantha]] is the fifth Sanskrit film and the third one made in Kerala. It is the first Sanskrit film on contemporary life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2017/apr/27/a-tale-told-in-sanskrit-1598090.html|title=A tale told in Sanskrit|work=The New India Express}}</ref> The film won 'Special Jury award' in Kerala Film Critics Associations awards, 2017.
| | There are also some short films made in the Sanskrit language. In 2018 the actor, comedian and short film maker [[Manoj]] started working to develop Sanskrit cinema. |
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| [[Anurakthi]] is the first Sanskrit 3D film with a song in the film picturised in 3D format. That also made Anurakthi the first Sanskrit film to have a song in it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuwGjqb8TxU|title=Thava Chinthasu | Anurakthi | Sanskrit Movie SONG | Asokan.P.K| Vani Vashishth | Vijith Nambiar ||via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> The film was screened at the 48th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ddnews.gov.in/iffi/worlds-first-3d-sanskrit-film-screened-iffi|title=World's first 3D Sanskrit film screened at IFFI| publisher=DD News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.india.com/buzz/worlds-first-3d-sanskrit-film-anurakthi-screened-at-2017-iffi-goa-2674414/|title=World's First 3D Sanskrit Film Anurakthi Screened at 2017 IFFI Goa|publisher=India.com|date=25 November 2017}}</ref>
| | == Notable Sanskrit movies == |
| | * Adi Shankaracharya (1983) |
| | * Bhagavad Gita (1992) |
| | * Priyamanasam (2015) |
| | * Ishti (2015) |
| | * Suryakantha (2017) |
| | * Anurakthi (2018) |
| | * Punyakoti (2018) |
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| [[Pratikritih]] is the first Commercial film in Sanskrit.{{cn|date=July 2021}} This is written and directed by Dr. Nidheesh Gopi.{{cn|date=July 2021}}
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| [[Punyakoti]] is the first animated film in Sanskrit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/making-punyakoti-indias-first-sanskrit-animation-film-82275?amp|title=The making of 'Punyakoti', India's first Sanskrit animation film|publisher=thenewsminute.com|date=20 August 2018}}</ref>
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| Madhurasmitham World's First children's Sanskrit film. Directed by sureshgayathri 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2019/12/02/children-film-sanskrit-madhurasmitham-ksfdc.html|title=Children’s film in Sanskrit -- a first; courtesy language buffs|website=OnManorama}}</ref>
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| ''Namo'' screened at IFFI in 2021 and its story resolve around friendship between [[Sudama]] and Sri Krishna.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jayaram looks impressive as Kuchelan in the first look poster of 'Namo'|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/jayaram-looks-impressive-as-kuchelan-in-the-first-look-poster-of-namo/articleshow/73189732.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-17|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
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| ==List of Sanskrit films==
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| | 1983
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| | ''[[Adi Shankaracharya (film)|Adi Shankaracharya]]''
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| | [[G.V. Iyer]]
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| | First Sanskrit feature film.<br/>Won 4 national awards, including ''Best Feature film''.
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| | 1993
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| | ''[[Bhagavad Gita (film)|Bhagavad Gita]]''
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| | G.V. Iyer
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| | Won national awards for ''Best Feature film''.
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| | ''[[Priyamanasam]]''
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| | [[Vinod Mankara]]
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| | Won national award for ''Best Feature film in Sanskrit''.<br/>Screened at the 46th edition of [[International Film Festival of India]] (IFFI).
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| | 2016
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| | ''[[Ishti (film)|Ishti]]''
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| | [[G. Prabha]]
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| | Opening film of the feature section of the Indian Panorama section at the 47th edition of IFFI.
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| | 2017
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| | ''[[Suryakantha]]''
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| | M. Surendran
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| | Won 'Special Jury award' at Kerala Film Critics Associations awards, 2017
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| | ''[[Anurakthi]]''
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| | P. K. Ashokan
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| |First 3D Sanskrit film.<br/>First Sanskrit film with a song.<br/>Screened at the 48th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)
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| | 2019
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| | Madhurasmitham
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| | Sureshgayathri
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| | World's First Children's Sanskrit Film<ref> Madhurasmitham Film 2020 August 3 imdb retrieved https://m.imdb.com/title/tt14227856/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk </ref>
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| | ''[[Pratikritih]]''
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| | Dr.Nidheesh Gopi
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| | First Commercial Sanskrit film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAYhRW7VWOo|title=Pratikritih Official Trailer |Nipin Unni |Prasad Mallissery |Dr.Nidheesh Gopi |Devlag Productions|via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>
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| | ''[[Punyakoti]]''
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| | First Sanskrit animation film.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kannan |first1=Indira |title=How Punyakoti, Sanskrit's 1st animation film, got made |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/special/how-punyakoti-sanskrits-1st-animation-film-got-made/20200419.htm |access-date=8 May 2020 |work=[[Rediff.com]] |date=19 April 2020}}</ref>
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| | ''Namo''
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| | Screened at [[51st International Film Festival of India]] Indian panorama section<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uniindia.com/news/west/-namo-shows-how-a-ruler-a-citizen-should-be-vijeesh-mani/2300362.html|title='Namo shows how a ruler & a citizen should be': Vijeesh Mani}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/mollywood/270919/namo-to-speak-sanskrit-soon.html|title=Namo to speak Sanskrit soon|first=priya|last=sreekumar|date=27 September 2019|website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/jayaram-looks-impressive-as-kuchelan-in-the-first-look-poster-of-namo/articleshow/73189732.cms|title=Jayaram looks impressive as Kuchelan in the first look poster of 'Namo' - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
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| |''Samasyah''
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| |Environmental film, released on Neestream OTT. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Neestream releases its first Sanskrit film 'Samasyah'|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2021/07/23/neestream-releases-first-sanskrit-film-samasyah.html|access-date=2021-08-19|website=OnManorama}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Correspondent|first=Our|title=Sanskrit film Samasyah released on NeeStream|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2021/jul/23/30572|access-date=2021-08-19|website=Cinestaan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=പാരിസ്ഥിതിക അവബോധവുമായി സംസ്കൃത സിനിമ 'സമസ്യാഹ' ഒടിടി റിലീസ്|url=https://malayalam.samayam.com/malayalam-cinema/movie-news/environment-awareness-sanskrit-movie-samasyah-ott-release/articleshow/84677994.cms|access-date=2021-08-19|website=malayalam.samayam.com|language=ml}}</ref>
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| [[Category:Cinema of Karnataka]]
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| [[Category:Mass media in Sanskrit]]
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