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	'''''Samskara''''' (English title: '''''Funeral Rites''''') is a 1970 [[India]]n [[Kannada]]-language film written by [[U. R. Ananthamurthy]] based on his eponymous novel, and directed and produced by [[Pattabhirama Reddy Tikkavarapu\|Pattabhirama Reddy]].<ref name="samsk">{{cite news \|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/Archives/may162006/spectrum1018192006515.asp \|title=End of a path-breaking journey\|work=[[The Deccan Herald]]\|date= 2006-05-16\|access-date=2007-08-08 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929115125/http://www.deccanherald.com/Archives/may162006/spectrum1018192006515.asp <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> \|archive-date = 2007-09-29\|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Singeetam Srinivasa Rao]] was executive director for the film.<ref>http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/FrmIP1985Award.aspx?PdfName=IP1985.pdf</ref> It is considered a path-breaking film that pioneered the [[parallel cinema]] movement in Kannada. ''Samskara'' won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film]] (1970).<ref name="18thawardPDF">{{cite web\|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/17th_NFF_1971.pdf \|title=18th National Film Awards\|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]] \|access-date=26 September 2011\|page=2}}</ref>		'''''Samskara''''' (English title: '''''Funeral Rites''''') is a 1970 [[India]]n [[Kannada]]-language film written by [[U. R. Ananthamurthy]] based on his eponymous novel, and directed and produced by [[Pattabhirama Reddy Tikkavarapu\|Pattabhirama Reddy]].<ref name="samsk">{{cite news \|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/Archives/may162006/spectrum1018192006515.asp \|title=End of a path-breaking journey\|work=[[The Deccan Herald]]\|date= 2006-05-16\|access-date=2007-08-08 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929115125/http://www.deccanherald.com/Archives/may162006/spectrum1018192006515.asp <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> \|archive-date = 2007-09-29\|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Singeetam Srinivasa Rao]] was executive director for the film.<ref>http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/FrmIP1985Award.aspx?PdfName=IP1985.pdf {{Dead link\|date=March 2022}}</ref> It is considered a path-breaking film that pioneered the [[parallel cinema]] movement in Kannada. ''Samskara'' won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film]] (1970).<ref name="18thawardPDF">{{cite web\|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/17th_NFF_1971.pdf \|title=18th National Film Awards\|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]] \|access-date=26 September 2011\|page=2}}</ref>

	The word ''samskara'' means "ritual" in [[Kannada language\|Kannada]].<ref name="samsk"/><ref name="it">{{cite web\|url=http://www.india-today.com/itoday/12041999/arts.html\|title= Renaissance Man\|work=Online Edition of the India Today, dated 1999-04-12\|author=S Kalidas and Rehmat Merchant\|publisher=Living Media India Ltd\|access-date=2007-08-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm35thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=35NFA.pdf \|title=35th National Film Festival \|work=Directorate of Film Festival \|access-date=2011-07-30 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721170111/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm35thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=35NFA.pdf \|archive-date=21 July 2011 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref> The Madras Censor Board banned ''Samskara'' because it was felt that the strong anti-[[Caste system in India\|caste]] message of the film could spark tensions among the public. The ban was revoked by the [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)\|Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]].<ref name="ten">{{cite web \|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1603/16031170.htm\|work=[[Frontline (magazine)\|Frontline]], Vol. 16, No. 3, Jan. 30-Feb. 12, 1999 \|publisher=[[The Hindu]] \|author=Parvathi Menon\|title= The multi-faceted playwright\|access-date=November 8, 2016}}</ref><ref name="IE">{{cite web\|title=A Film and its Censorship\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19700103&printsec=frontpage&hl=en\|website=The Indian Express\|access-date=9 April 2017\|page=10\|date=3 January 1970}}</ref> The film was released and it went on to win awards at national and international levels.		The word ''samskara'' means "ritual" in [[Kannada language\|Kannada]].<ref name="samsk"/><ref name="it">{{cite web\|url=http://www.india-today.com/itoday/12041999/arts.html\|title= Renaissance Man\|work=Online Edition of the India Today, dated 1999-04-12\|author=S Kalidas and Rehmat Merchant\|publisher=Living Media India Ltd\|access-date=2007-08-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm35thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=35NFA.pdf \|title=35th National Film Festival \|work=Directorate of Film Festival \|access-date=2011-07-30 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721170111/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm35thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=35NFA.pdf \|archive-date=21 July 2011 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref> The Madras Censor Board banned ''Samskara'' because it was felt that the strong anti-[[Caste system in India\|caste]] message of the film could spark tensions among the public. The ban was revoked by the [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)\|Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]].<ref name="ten">{{cite web \|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1603/16031170.htm\|work=[[Frontline (magazine)\|Frontline]], Vol. 16, No. 3, Jan. 30-Feb. 12, 1999 \|publisher=[[The Hindu]] \|author=Parvathi Menon\|title= The multi-faceted playwright\|access-date=November 8, 2016}}</ref><ref name="IE">{{cite web\|title=A Film and its Censorship\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19700103&printsec=frontpage&hl=en\|website=The Indian Express\|access-date=9 April 2017\|page=10\|date=3 January 1970}}</ref> The film was released and it went on to win awards at national and international levels.

	==Plot==		==Plot==
	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).<ref name="book1">{{cite web \|url=http://www.ourkarnataka.com/books/samskAra.htm\|work=Online Webpage of OurKarnataka.com \|author=Chandra Holm \|title=Samskara \|access-date=2007-08-08}}</ref> 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 [[Vedas\|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]].<ref name="book1"/>		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).<ref name="book1">{{cite web \|url=http://www.ourkarnataka.com/books/samskAra.htm\|work=Online Webpage of OurKarnataka.com \|author=Chandra Holm \|title=Samskara \|access-date=2007-08-08}}</ref> 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 [[Vedas\|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]].<ref name="book1"/>

	The other main character, Narayanappa, a Brahmin by birth but one who has rejected the set rules of [[Brahminical Hinduism\|Brahminism]] by eating meat and by keeping the company of a prostitute named Chandri. ~~Once~~ Narayanappa and his friends ~~catches~~ the sacred fish in the temple tank~~, cooks,~~ and ~~eats~~ them~~. This causes~~ the Brahmins in the ~~villages~~ to rise up against him. They approach Praneshacharya to throw him out of the village. Praneshacharya decides against taking this extreme step ~~and~~ he believes that Narayanappa can be convinced to ~~get rid of~~ his immoral acts. ~~Once~~ Narayanappa visits [[Shimoga]] and he returns to Duravasapura with high fever and dies. The Brahmins are ~~left~~ in a ~~piquant situation~~ because, according to Brahmin principles, a person who dies should be cremated as early as possible. None of the Brahmins wants to cremate ~~the~~ body ~~—~~ they feel that by ~~cremating Narayanappa's body,~~ they will become polluted as he was against the Brahmin principles during his life.		The other main character, Narayanappa is a Brahmin by birth, but one who has rejected the set rules of [[Brahminical Hinduism\|Brahminism]], by eating meat and by keeping the company of a prostitute named Chandri. Narayanappa and his friends catch the sacred fish in the temple tank and cook and eat them, causing the Brahmins in the village to rise up against him. They approach Praneshacharya to throw him out of the village. Praneshacharya decides against taking this extreme step as he believes that Narayanappa can be convinced to renounce his immoral acts. Narayanappa visits [[Shimoga]], and he returns to Duravasapura with a high fever and dies. The Brahmins are caught in a dilemma, because according to Brahmin principles, a person who dies should be cremated as early as possible. None of the Brahmins wants to cremate Narayanappa's body, as they feel that by doing so they will become polluted, as he was against the Brahmin principles during his life.

	However, the Brahmin principles also stipulate that a non-Brahmin cannot cremate the body of a Brahmin. Praneshacharya, being the leader, is responsible for finding the solution to this difficult problem. He reads the holy books, but they do not provide any solution. He then goes to a temple to pray to God and spends a whole day there. Disappointed at not being able to solve the problem, he trudges back home. On his way, he encounters Chandri. He is mesmerised by her beauty and when he wakes up in the middle of the night, he finds himself lying on Chandri's lap. Chandri rushes home, finds that Narayanappa's body has started to rot, gets it cremated in secrecy, and leaves Durvasapura. Praneshacharya is ~~left~~ in ~~a piquant situation on~~ whether he ~~has to~~ reveal his immoral act to the people of the village or keep quiet about it. Feeling guilty, he leaves the village but the guilt never leaves him. Finally deciding to own up to his act, he returns to the village and the story ends there. It's left to the imagination of the viewer on whether Praneshacharya owns up or not.		However, the Brahmin principles also stipulate that a non-Brahmin cannot cremate the body of a Brahmin. Praneshacharya, being the leader, is responsible for finding the solution to this difficult problem. He reads the holy books, but they do not provide any solution. He then goes to a temple to pray to God and spends a whole day there. Disappointed at not being able to solve the problem, he trudges back home. On his way, he encounters Chandri. He is mesmerised by her beauty and when he wakes up in the middle of the night, he finds himself lying on Chandri's lap. Chandri rushes home, finds that Narayanappa's body has started to rot, gets it cremated in secrecy, and leaves Durvasapura. Praneshacharya is now caught in another dilemma, as to whether he will reveal his immoral act to the people of the village or keep quiet about it. Feeling guilty, he leaves the village, but the guilt never leaves him. Finally deciding to own up to his act, he returns to the village and the story ends there. It's left to the imagination of the viewer on whether Praneshacharya owns up or not.

	==Cast==		==Cast==

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{{Infobox film
| name = Samskara
| starring = {{unbulleted list|[[Girish Karnad]]|[[P. Lankesh]]|Dasharathi Dixit|B. R. Jayaram|Lakshmi Krishnamurthy|[[Snehalata Reddy]]}}
| director = [[Pattabhirama Reddy Tikkavarapu|Pattabhirama Reddy]] and [[Singeetam Srinivasa Rao]]
| producer = Pattabhirama Reddy<ref name="18thawardPDF" />
| editing = {{unbulleted list|Steven Cartaw|Vasu}}
| released = 1970
| distributor = Rama Manohara Chitra
| language = Kannada
| cinematography = [[Tom Cowan (director)|Tom Cowan]]
| story = [[U. R. Ananthamurthy]]
| screenplay = {{unbulleted list|Girish Karnad|Pattabhirama Reddy}}
| music = [[Rajeev Taranath]]
| runtime = 113 minutes
| country = India
| budget = {{INR}}90,000<ref name="toi1"/>
}}
'''''Samskara''''' (English title: '''''Funeral Rites''''') is a 1970 [[India]]n [[Kannada]]-language film written by [[U. R. Ananthamurthy]] based on his eponymous novel, and directed and produced by [[Pattabhirama Reddy Tikkavarapu|Pattabhirama Reddy]].<ref name="samsk">{{cite news |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/Archives/may162006/spectrum1018192006515.asp |title=End of a path-breaking journey|work=[[The Deccan Herald]]|date= 2006-05-16|access-date=2007-08-08 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929115125/http://www.deccanherald.com/Archives/may162006/spectrum1018192006515.asp  |archive-date = 2007-09-29|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Singeetam Srinivasa Rao]] was executive director for the film.<ref>http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/FrmIP1985Award.aspx?PdfName=IP1985.pdf</ref> It is considered a path-breaking film that pioneered the [[parallel cinema]] movement in Kannada. ''Samskara'' won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film]] (1970).<ref name="18thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/17th_NFF_1971.pdf |title=18th National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]] |access-date=26 September 2011|page=2}}</ref>

The word ''samskara'' means "ritual" in [[Kannada language|Kannada]].<ref name="samsk"/><ref name="it">{{cite web|url=http://www.india-today.com/itoday/12041999/arts.html|title= Renaissance Man|work=Online Edition of the India Today, dated 1999-04-12|author=S Kalidas and Rehmat Merchant|publisher=Living Media India Ltd|access-date=2007-08-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm35thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=35NFA.pdf |title=35th National Film Festival |work=Directorate of Film Festival |access-date=2011-07-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721170111/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm35thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=35NFA.pdf |archive-date=21 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The Madras Censor Board banned ''Samskara'' because it was felt that the strong anti-[[Caste system in India|caste]] message of the film could spark tensions among the public. The ban was revoked by the [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]].<ref name="ten">{{cite web |url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1603/16031170.htm|work=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]], Vol. 16, No. 3, Jan. 30-Feb. 12, 1999 |publisher=[[The Hindu]] |author=Parvathi Menon|title= The multi-faceted playwright|access-date=November 8, 2016}}</ref><ref name="IE">{{cite web|title=A Film and its Censorship|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19700103&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|website=The Indian Express|access-date=9 April 2017|page=10|date=3 January 1970}}</ref> The film was released and it went on to win awards at national and international levels.

==Plot==
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).<ref name="book1">{{cite web |url=http://www.ourkarnataka.com/books/samskAra.htm|work=Online Webpage of OurKarnataka.com |author=Chandra Holm |title=Samskara |access-date=2007-08-08}}</ref> 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 [[Vedas|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]].<ref name="book1"/>

The other main character, Narayanappa, a Brahmin by birth but one who has rejected the set rules of [[Brahminical Hinduism|Brahminism]] by eating meat and by keeping the company of a prostitute named Chandri. Once Narayanappa and his friends catches the sacred fish in the temple tank, cooks, and eats them. This causes the Brahmins in the villages to rise up against him. They approach Praneshacharya to throw him out of the village. Praneshacharya decides against taking this extreme step and he believes that Narayanappa can be convinced to get rid of his immoral acts. Once Narayanappa visits [[Shimoga]] and he returns to Duravasapura with high fever and dies. The Brahmins are left in a piquant situation because, according to Brahmin principles, a person who dies should be cremated as early as possible. None of the Brahmins wants to cremate the body — they feel that by cremating Narayanappa's body, they will become polluted as he was against the Brahmin principles during his life.

However, the Brahmin principles also stipulate that a non-Brahmin cannot cremate the body of a Brahmin. Praneshacharya, being the leader, is responsible for finding the solution to this difficult problem. He reads the holy books, but they do not provide any solution. He then goes to a temple to pray to God and spends a whole day there. Disappointed at not being able to solve the problem, he trudges back home. On his way, he encounters Chandri. He is mesmerised by her beauty and when he wakes up in the middle of the night, he finds himself lying on Chandri's lap. Chandri rushes home, finds that Narayanappa's body has started to rot, gets it cremated in secrecy, and leaves Durvasapura. Praneshacharya is left in a piquant situation on whether he has to reveal his immoral act to the people of the village or keep quiet about it. Feeling guilty, he leaves the village but the guilt never leaves him. Finally deciding to own up to his act, he returns to the village and the story ends there. It's left to the imagination of the viewer on whether Praneshacharya owns up or not.

==Cast==
{{Div col|colwidth=18em}}
* [[Girish Karnad]] as Praneshacharya
* [[Snehalatha Reddy]] as Chandri
* Jayaram
* [[P. Lankesh]] as Narayanappa
* Pradhan
* Dasharathi Dixit
* Lakshmi Krishnamurthy
* Jayadev
* Arbutha Rani
* Lakshmana Rao
* [[Loknath]]
* Srikantaiah
* G. Shivananda
* Yashavanth Bhat
* Vilas
* K. Gopi
* Pranesha
* Vasudeva Murthy
* B. R. Shivaram
* Chandrashekara
* [[C. R. Simha]]
* Shamanna Shastry
* Balachandra
* Srikanthji
* Ganapathi Shastry
* Appu Rao
* B. S. Rama Rao
* Krishna Bhat
* A. L. Srinivasamurthy
* Goda Ramkumar
* [[Bhargavi Narayan]]
* Shanthabai
* Vishalam
* Yamuna Prabhu
* Esthar Ananthamurthy
* Ammu Mathew
* Chamundi
* Kasthuri
{{Div col end}}

==Production==
The story was written by [[U. R. Ananthamurthy]] in 1965, while a student at the [[University of Birmingham]] for his [[Ph.D.]] He saw the film ''[[The Seventh Seal]]'' (1957) by [[Ingmar Bergman]] and was deeply moved by it. His tutor [[Malcolm Bradbury]] suggested he write about his experiences in India concerning the multilayered structure of time in Indian society.<ref>Ananthamurthy, U. R., "How I wrote Samskara" in Boral, Rao, Rath: ''Samskara, a critical reader'', Delhi, 2005</ref><ref name="oxford">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/02/18/stories/2005021802820300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070228023621/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/02/18/stories/2005021802820300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-02-28|title=Fruits of labour |author=Muralidhara Khajane |access-date=2007-08-08|location=Chennai, India |work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2005-02-18}}</ref>

After completing the story, he sent the manuscript to [[Girish Karnad]] in India who got in touch with [[Pattabhirami Reddy Tikkavarapu|Pattabhirami Reddy]] and [[S. G. Vasudev]], a painter, both with Madras Players, a Madras-based amateur acting group. Impressed by the theme of the story, Reddy decided to produce and direct it. Vasudev became the [[art director]] and also brought in [[Tom Cowan (director)|Tom Cowan]], a photographer with the Commonwealth Documentation Division, Australia, as the cinematographer. Cowan, in turn, brought his friend Steven Cartaw as the editor. The initial casting for the film was done from the Madras Players before choosing the rest in [[Bangalore]].<ref name="IE"/>

The film required a [[Agraharam|localized dwelling of Brahmins]] as the setting and Vasudev found one in Vaikunthapura, near [[Sringeri]] in [[Mysore State]] (now [[Karnataka]]). Despite intervention from the [[Sringeri Sharada Peetham]], the makers received cooperation from the locals during filming.<ref name="IE"/> In an interview with ''[[The Times of India]]'' in 2014, Ananthamurthy said, "Vaikunthapura had a population of pure Brahmins. But the women of the agrahara where we shot the movie let Tom [Cowan] enter the kitchen. If the locals had known the theme, they would have never allowed the shooting to take place. They must have regretted it after the film's release. But the place became famous after the movie". Cowan worked for 30 days, shooting 900 shots at an average of 30 shots per day, before the film was completed in a paltry {{INR}}90,000.<ref name="toi1">{{cite web|last1=Kumar|first1=G. S.|title=A sepia-tinted walk down 'Samskara' lane|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/A-sepia-tinted-walk-down-Samskara-lane/articleshow/37865848.cms|work=The Times of India|access-date=9 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409112602/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/A-sepia-tinted-walk-down-Samskara-lane/articleshow/37865848.cms|archive-date=9 April 2017|location=Bangalore|date=6 July 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

''Samskara'' was the first Kannada film to be directed and produced by Pattabhirami Reddy who had mainly dealt with [[Cinema of Andhra Pradesh|Telugu]] films.<ref name="samsk"/> [[Singeetam Srinivasa Rao]] was the executive director of the film.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Narasimham|first1=M. L.|title=Spinning magic|url=http://www.thehindu.com/fr/2005/05/20/stories/2005052001520300.htm|access-date=9 April 2017|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=20 May 2005}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The film was also notable for it was the first Kannada film to not use excessive use of cosmetics for the artistes, music and dance, and for being made entirely with an amateur cast, most of whom were poets, writers and journalists. ''Samskara'' was initially banned by the Madras Censor Board in late 1969. It was the first Kannada film to receive a ban. The Board however gave no reasons for the ban in its letter to the makers.<ref name="IE"/> It was later revoked by the [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]].<ref name="IE"/>

==Awards==
;[[18th National Film Awards]]
*[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|Best Feature Film]] — [[Pattabhirama Reddy Tikkavarapu|Pattabhirama Reddy]]

;1970–71 [[Karnataka State Film Awards]]
* [[Karnataka State Film Award for Second Best Film|Second Best Film]] — Pattabhirama Reddy
* [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] — B. R. Jayaram
* [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Story|Best Story Writer]] — [[U. R. Ananthamurthy]]
* [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Cinematographer|Best Cinematographer]] — [[Tom Cowan (director)|Tom Cowan]]

===International honors===
* Bronze Leopard at [[Locarno International Film Festival]] (1972)
* [[International Film Festival of India]], (1992)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0066324|Samskara }}

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