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{{Infobox film
| name = Suddha (The Cleansing Rites)
| image = Suddha_film_poster.gif
| image_size = 200
| alt =
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Ramchandra P. N.]]
| producer = Sonk Films
| writer = Ramchandra P. N.<br/>'''Dialogues:'''<br/>Narayana Nandalike<br/>Mohan Marnad<br/>Surendra Kumar
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on = 
| narrator =
| starring =
| music =
| cinematography = Sameer Mahajan
| editing = Ramchandra PN
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = 2005
| runtime = 105 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tulu
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Suddha''''', also called ''The Cleansing Rites'', is an Indian film, the first-ever [[Tulu cinema|Tulu language film]] shot in the digital format.
The 105-minute film was shot in 2004 in a village called Marnad near [[Mangalore]], [[Karnataka]], and was released in 2005. The film is an adaptation of the ''Tulu Sahitya Academy'' award-winning [[Tulu language|Tulu]] play called ''Bojja'' written by [[Mumbai]]-based playwright, [[Narayana Nandalike]]. ''Suddha'' was produced by three Mumbai [[Tuluva]]s Mohan Marnad, Surendra Kumar and [[Ramchandra PN]]. It was directed by Ramchandra PN, a graduate of the [[Film and Television Institute of India]], [[Poona]]. ''Suddha'' was his first feature-length film.

==Plot==
''Suddha'' depicts the death of the feudal system that existed among the [[Tulu language|Tulu]] speaking community in coastal Karnataka for many years, and the impact of The Land Ceiling Act which was ushered during the 1960s and 1970s, had on its social structure. It is the story of modern India – of changing [[caste]] equations and a realization of this reality among the land-owning class, albeit a bit late. Though the film is set in a remote village near [[Mangalore]], it could well have happened in any other village elsewhere in India.

An ex-landlord family comes to terms with the fact that they are living in their last leg of feudal existence when it cannot perform a last rites in a grand manner in which it was once used to.

==Use of sound==
The uniqueness of this film is that it uses available lights and natural sounds. The sound tack or the sound design of this film as a text is something new to [[Tulu language|Tulu]] cinema. There is no background music in the film, carefully places sound effects themselves give the effect that music gives.
<blockquote>"The film uses the chirping of birds, flowing water and folklore-like songs extensively as its outdoor sound and ticking sound of clock for the indoor sound. The ticking sound of clock and a frequent presence of radio songs, successfully create a calm village house environment. The cinematography, by depicting the mud walls, wooden carvings of windows and doors and the lush greenery of the village helps to take this film to a next level."</blockquote>(Source:Astro Shiva)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070314090425/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/04/29/stories/2006042903020300.htm Astro Shiva]</ref>

==International film festivals==

Suddha has been screened at the following International Film Festivals.
* The Third Annual 'Bollywood and Beyond' Film festival, [[Stuttgart]], Germany in the 'Cinema of Language' section in 2006
* 8th [[Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema]], [[New Delhi]] 2006.
* The Split Film Festival, [[Split (city)|Split]], [[Croatia]], 2006
* Semi-finalist at the [[Moondance Film Festival]], USA 2006.
* Austin Asian Film Festival, [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] United States, 2006
* The Chennai International Film Festival, Chennai, India, 2006
* Bring Your Own Film Festival, Puri, India 2007 (Inaugural Film)
* The Buffalo Niagara International Film Festival, 2007
* Karnataka Mini Digital Film Festival, India, 2007
* Swansea Bay International Film Festival, UK, 2007
* [[Golden Apricot]] International Film Festival, Armenia 2007

==Awards==
[[File:P N RAMACHANDRA for SUDDHA BEST FILM INDIAN COMP 01.JPG|thumb|right|The Osean Cinefan Award]]
* Best Film in the Indian Competition Section at the [[Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema]] held at New Delhi, 2006.
* Best Film at the Karnataka Mini Digital Film Festival, India 2007

==Credits==
Starring:
*[[Subash Padiwaal]]
*[[Boja Shetty]]
*[[Mohandas (actor)|Mohandas]]
*[[Sharada Devi]]
*[[Sujata Mudradi]]
*[[Sai Krishna Kudla]]
*[[Aasha Marnad]] etc.
*Original Tulu play: ''Bojja'' by Narayan Nandalike
*Camera: Sameer Mahajan
*Audigraphy: Santosh Kumar
*Sound Editing: [[Amrit Pritam]], [[Boby John]]
*Dialogues: Narayana Nandalike, Mohan Marnad, Surendra Kumar.
*Costumes, Properties, Continuity and Assistance: Sujatha
*Assistants: Ashok, Prakyat, Sunita
*Executive Producer: Surendra Kumar
*Location Manager: Ramesh Shetty
*Produced by: Mohan Marnad, Surendra Kumar, Ramchandra PN
*Production House: Sonk Films
*Screenplay, Editing, Sound Design & Direction: Ramchandra P.N.
*Shooting Format: Mini DV
*Duration: 105 minutes

==Tulu Cinema==
The first [[Tulu language|Tulu]] cinema was released in 1971. Over the past thirty five years around 35 Tulu films have been made. The [[Tulu Film]] has no organised industry as such – in the sense that there is no comprehensive production, distribution and exhibition systems as it exists in the film industries of other Indian languages. The risk of making, distributing and exhibiting the film lies solely with the maker himself. The market for a [[Tulu language|Tulu]] film consists of only two districts ([[Dakshina Kannada]] and [[Udupi]]) in Coastal Karnataka, South India.

==Digital feature film==
Presently most independent documentaries in India are shot digitally. Over the years many short film makers have also sprung up, using the digital medium for their expression. But digital feature films in fiction are far and few in India. The Indian Feature film industry still prefers to shoot films in the celluloid format, although in recent times some films have been exhibited in the digital format. But films shot digitally either do not get a theatrical release ([[Pankaj Advani (director)|Pankaj Advani]]'s '[[Urf Professor]]') or are converted into celluloid and then released ([[Ram Madhvani]]'s ''[[Let's Talk (2002 film)|Let's Talk]]'').

==Alternative distribution system==
[[File:Suddha Screening.jpg|right|thumb|A screening of ''Suddha'' (The Cleansing Rites) in a village school]]

''Suddha'' got digitally screened in various colleges affiliated with the Mangalore University through DVD players and medium sized digital projectors. The Mangalore University caters to the two Tulu language speaking districts of Karnataka, South India. The local cultural troupes, amateur drama clubs and literary groups also helped giving platform to this film in its quest to reach its audience. Around hundred screenings have taken place; some of them in the most remote areas of the two districts. These screenings were facilitated by a modest grant from 'The Hubart Bals' fund, based out of the [[Netherlands]].
<blockquote>"Half and{{sic}} hour to the first show, he switched on his TV set, connected it to a loud speaker, played some local music and smiled, ‘this would let the people know that a function is about to begin.’ Sure enough, the place gradually got filled and soon Kudkadi was seen excitedly talking about my film to his audience that mainly consisted of uneducated daily laborers working in and around the village."</blockquote>(Source: Filmmaker's blog)<ref>[http://ramchandrapn.blogspot.in/2007/12/of-few-good-men-and-lot-of-screenings.html/ Filmmaker's blog]</ref>
Writer and Filmmaker Ranjan Das in his regular column at mydigitalfc.com talks about how hard it was to get the film an audience.
<blockquote>"Mumbai-based filmmaker Ramchandra PN is a name that wouldn’t ring a bell to most filmgoers. In 2006, his Tulu language film, Sudhha, fetched an award for the Best Indian Film at the prestigious Osian Film Festival in Delhi, beating heavy duty competitors like Rituparno Ghosh, Girish Kasaravalli and Santosh Sivan. When he approached the owner of a giant media house and film lab in Mumbai, who incidentally hailed from his home state Karnataka, to hawk his film, the tycoongrumbled in Kannada —“Why didn’t you make the film in Hindi?”"</blockquote>(Source: mydigitalfc.com article)<ref>[http://www.mydigitalfc.com/leisure-writing/myopia-monolith-793/ Ranjan Das Article]</ref>
Tamara L. Falicov in her article named 'Migrating from South to North:The Role of Film Festivals in Funding and shaping global South Film and Video' also mentions this film in her article.
<blockquote>"The Indian Digital Feature film 'Suddha: The Cleansing Rites' (P.N. Ramchandra 2006), was shot entirely in Tulu language, spoken in two districts of Coastal Karnataka South India. The Hubart Bals Fund enabled the filmmaker to screen the film in these remote areas, where the public was grateful to see a film in their language."</blockquote>(Source: Academia.com article)<ref>[https://www.academia.edu/300768/_Migrating_from_South_to_North_The_Role_of_Film_Festivals_in_Funding_and_Shaping_Global_South_Film_and_Video_/ Tamara L. Falicov]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.sonkfilms.com/suddha/index.html Official Site]
*[http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_quiet-voices-from-afar_1063405 DNA Article]
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758438/ IMDb entry]
*[http://www.ramchandrapn.blogspot.com Filmmaker Blog]
*[http://www.microfilmmaker.com/critiques/Issue6/suddha.html Microfilmmaker Review]
*[https://www.variety.com/ac2006_article/VR1117947274?nav=news Variety]
*[http://www.cinephilia.net.au/show_movie.php?movieid=3078 Cinephillia Review]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070314090425/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/04/29/stories/2006042903020300.htm The Hindu Review Bangalore]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070314041809/http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/21/stories/2006072108810200.htm The Hindu Review Delhi]

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[[Category:Indian films based on plays]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2005 films]]
[[Category:Tulu-language films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Mangalore]]
[[Category:Films set in Karnataka]]

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