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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Tarpan<br />
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| director = [[K. Bikram Singh]]<br />
| producer = [[National Film Development Corporation of India|NFDC]]<br />[[Doordarshan]]<br />
| writer = Neelabh <br />K. Bikram Singh<br />
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| starring = [[Om Puri]]<br />[[Revathy]]<br />[[Dina Pathak]]<br />[[Manohar Singh]]<br />[[Mita Vashisht]]<br />
| music = [[Rajat Dholakia]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Venu (cinematographer)|Venu]]<br />
| editing = [[Renu Saluja]] <br />
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| released = 1994<!-- {{Film date|df=yes|Year|Month|Day|Location}} --><br />
| runtime = 140 min<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
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'''''Tarpan''''' (English title: '''''The Absolution'''''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131008023406/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/435896/Tarpan/overview Tarpan] New York Times.</ref>) was a [[1994 in film|1994]] [[India]]n [[Hindi film|Hindi]] [[drama film]] written and directed by [[K. Bikram Singh]], and starring [[Om Puri]], [[Revathy]], [[Dina Pathak]], [[Manohar Singh]] and [[Mita Vashisht]] in lead roles. This directorial debut film was jointly produced by [[National Film Development Corporation of India|NFDC]] and [[Doordarshan]].<ref name=nfdc>{{cite web| title = Tarpan|publisher=NFDC, Cinemas of India| url = http://www.nfdcindia.com/cinemasofindia/home-video-06.htm| accessdate = 2013-09-30}}</ref> The film set in the 1940s, in a fictitious village in the [[Shekhavati]] region in [[Rajasthan]], where no girl child survives beyond the age of seven. It deals with larger issues of [[Communalism (South Asia)|communalism]] and [[Caste system in India|caste system]] through four inter-related stories.<ref name=nfdc/><ref name=tar>{{cite web| title = Tarpan: Cast and Synopsis| url = http://kbikramsingh.com/Tarpan.htm | accessdate = 2013-09-30 }}</ref><br />
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The film was screened at [[Moscow International Film Festival]], [[Montreal International Film Festival]], [[Chicago International Film Festival]] and [[Cairo International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web| title = K. BIKRAM SINGH| publisher = Public Service Broadcasting Trust| url = http://www.psbt.org/directors/19| accessdate = 2013-09-30| url-status = dead| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130615155728/http://www.psbt.org/directors/19| archivedate = 15 June 2013| df = dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Om Puri]] as Jassu Kaka<br />
* [[Revathy]] as Sumitra <br />
* [[Dina Pathak]] as Rammo<br />
* [[Manohar Singh]] as Sarpanch (Thakur Bir Singh)<br />
* [[Mita Vashisht]] as Lachmi<br />
* [[Ravi Jhankal]] as Joravar<br />
* Savita Bajaj as Chintho Singh<br />
* [[Virendra Saxena]] as Sukku Baba<br />
* [[Rajendra Gupta]] as Lakhan Singh<br />
* Vijay Kashyap as Phattu<br />
* [[Lalit Tiwari]] as Jeetu Thakur<br />
* [[Pavan Malhotra]] as Dhannu<br />
* Anang Desai as Pratap Singh<br />
* Babita Bhardwaj as Ganga<br />
* Pradeep Bhatnagar as Vaid<br />
* Rekha Kanda as Vidya<br />
* Madhvi Kaushik as Mrs. Jeetu<br />
* Usha Nagar as Dhannu's mom<br />
* Zahida Parveen as Santosh<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* Aravindhan award for best debut director.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0278761|Tarpan}}<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130714034651/http://www.cinemasofindia.com/movie/view/1061_Tarpan Tarpan (streaming Online)] ''Cinemas of India (NFDC)''<br />
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[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian drama films]]<br />
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[[Category:Films about the caste system in India]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in Rajasthan]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in the 1940s]]<br />
[[Category:1994 directorial debut films]]<br />
[[Category:1994 drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi-language drama films]]<br />
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