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{{Infobox film
| name = Thilaadanam
| image =
|caption =
| writer = Rentala Nageswara Rao (dialogues)
| starring =[[H. G. Dattatreya]]<br>[[Brahmaji]]<br>[[Tanikella Bharani]]<br>[[Jaya Seal]]
| director = [[K. N. T. Sastry]]
| story = Rentala Nageswara Rao
| screenplay = K. N. T. Sastry
| producer = P. Parameswaran
| cinematography = [[Sunny Joseph]]
| editing = [[A. Sreekar Prasad]]
| released = 2000
| studio = [[National Film Development Corporation of India|National Film Development Corporation]]
| runtime =1hr 29min
| country = India<br>South Korea
| language = Telugu
| music = [[L. Vaidyanathan]]
}}
'''''Thiladaanam''''' (The Rite... A Passion) is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language [[drama film]], written, and directed by film-critic [[K. N. T. Sastry]] in his debut directorial,<ref name="rangan1">{{cite web|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/southern-lights-tiladaanam/|title=Southern Lights: Tiladaanam|first=Baradwaj|last=Rangan|date=22 June 2017}}</ref> based on the story by Rentala Nageswara Rao.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/unheard-melodies/cid/1465328|title=Unheard melodies|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref> The film features [[H. G. Dattatreya]], [[Brahmaji]], [[Tanikella Bharani]], and [[Jaya Seal]] in pivotal roles.<ref name="rangan1"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-tiladanam.html | title=Telugu Cinema - Review - Thila Danam - Brahmaji, Jaya Sheel, HG Dattatreya }}</ref>

Upon release, the film received positive reviews "For its juxtaposition of two diverse ideologies existing within the same family – the father's belief in his religion and traditions and his son's revolutionary ideology. The film strikes a very fine balance in inter-generational explorations", winning the [[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director|Best First Film of a Director]] at the [[49th National Film Awards]].<ref name="49thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/68_49thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=49th National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=14 March 2012}}</ref> Thiladaanam is the only Indian film to be honored with the ''New Currents Award'' at the 7th [[Busan International Film Festival]].<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=http://www.apoorvachitra.com/profiles.html |title=Kamli - My Daughter |access-date=2012-08-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407105628/http://www.apoorvachitra.com/profiles.html |archive-date=7 April 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

It was featured in ''Indian Panorama'' section at the [[33rd International Film Festival of India]],<ref name="IFFI 33rd">{{cite web|url=https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/122_IPCatalogue2002.pdf|title=2002 Indian Panorama|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=14 March 2012}}</ref>
and Retrospective at the [[New York Indian Film Festival]].<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=https://www.iaac.us/NYIFF2016/directors-first-films.htm|title=NYIFF 2016|website=www.iaac.us}}</ref>

==Plot==
Subbaiah is an [[Outcast (person)|outcast]] Brahmin priest living out of Tiladaanam ( a Hindu ritual of giving sesame seeds as alms, which transfers the giver's sins to the receiver), the meanest form of Brahmin duty. He ekes out his living in Hyderabad, by becoming a corpse-carrier, and carrying out funeral rites. His son is a [[Naxalite]], and his daughter-in-law, Padma, is living with him. His son Raghuram, makes a clandestine visit home during his child's birth. In search of Raghuram the anti-Naxalite team ransack Subhaiah's house. However, Raghuram escapes the police firing, killing a cop in the process. Raghuram surrenders to the cops so that his family can make a living with the government compensation. Shocked by his surrender Subbaiah dies of the trauma, while Padma awaits in vain for the compensation.

==Cast==
*[[H. G. Dattatreya]]
*[[Brahmaji]] as a [[naxal]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/tollywood/150918/filmmaker-knt-sastry-is-no-more.html|title=Filmmaker KNT Sastry is no more!|author=Suresh Kavirayani|work=Deccan Chronicle|date=15 September 2018}}</ref>
*[[Tanikella Bharani]]
*[[Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam|A. V. Subramanyam]]
*[[Annapoorna (actress)|Annapoorna]]
*[[Jaya Seal]]
*Prasad Babu
*Athili Lakshmi

==Awards==
;International Honours
*''New Currents Award'' at the 7th [[Busan International Film Festival]]<ref name="auto"/>
*''Indian Panorama'' section at the [[33rd International Film Festival of India]]<ref name="IFFI 33rd">{{cite web|url=https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/122_IPCatalogue2002.pdf|title=2002 Indian Panorama|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=14 March 2012}}</ref>
*''Retrospective'' [[New York Indian Film Festival]]<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
*''One-of-a-kind Indo-German Film Festival''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-life/tinsel-world-ties/article28650598.ece|title=Tinsel world ties|date=16 October 2003|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

;[[National Film Awards]]
*[[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director|Best Debut Film of a Director]] - K. N. T. Sastry

;[[Nandi Awards]]
*[[Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director|Best First Film of a Director]] - K. N. T. Sastry <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/nandiawards2001.html |title=Telugu Cinema Etc |publisher=Idlebrain.com |date=2002-10-19 |access-date=2020-01-07}}</ref>
*[[Nandi Award for Best Makeup Artist|Best Makeup Artist]] - Shyam Jadcharla

==References==
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{{National Film Award Best First Film of a Director|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:2000s Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:2000 films]]
[[Category:Social realism in film]]
[[Category:Best Debut Feature Film of a Director National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Telugu-language literature]]
[[Category:Fictional portrayals of police departments in India]]
[[Category:Films about Naxalism]]
[[Category:Indian crime drama films]]
[[Category:Films about women in India]]
[[Category:2000 crime drama films]]
[[Category:Films about the caste system in India]]
[[Category:Films about social issues in India]]
[[Category:Fictional portrayals of the Andhra Pradesh Police]]
[[Category:Indian avant-garde and experimental films]]
[[Category:Indian nonlinear narrative films]]
[[Category:2000 directorial debut films]]
[[Category:National Film Development Corporation of India films]]

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