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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = The Monsoon Oracle<br />
| image = The_Monsoon_oracle.jpg<br />
| caption = The ''Monsoon Oracle'' Cover<br />
| director = [[Shrenik Rao]]<br />
| runtime = 60 minutes<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2013|01|25}}<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Telugu<br />English<br />
| budget =<br />
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'''''The Monsoon Oracle ''''' is a 2013 documentary film directed by [[Shrenik Rao]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=India |first=The Hans |date=2015-07-26 |title=When the divine daughter arrives |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/News-Analysis/2015-07-26/When-the-divine-daughter-arrives/166046 |access-date=2024-10-05 |website=thehansindia.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Synopsis ==<br />
''The Monsoon Oracle'' is an intimate portrayal of the central festival of Telangana, called [[Bonalu]]. It narrates stories of women and men who dedicate their lives to enacting the roles the Hindu goddess [[Mahankali]]'s oracles and to the role of [[Pothuraju]], the goddess's whip wielding brother.<ref>{{cite news | title =Getting on with facts | work = The Hindu | date = 2 February 2013 | url =http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/getting-on-with-facts/article4373681.ece | accessdate = 11 November 2013}}</ref><br />
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It presents an insight into ritualistic practices that are performed every year in India in the hope of a bountiful [[Monsoon]] and explores the emotional and psychological dimensions of these annual role enactments. Their stories reveal the relationship between the effective charge of a religious crowd and an extreme form of animal sacrifice.<br />
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The Film also delves into themes of modernization, commercialization, and politicization of religion in modern India. The dialogue in the film takes place in [[Telangana]][[Telugu language|Telugu]] with English subtitles. The narration is in English.<br />
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In an Interview with [[Deccan Chronicle]], Shrenik said <br />
<blockquote> "It's about people, their stories, their tradition of predicting monsoons and the oracles. The idea germinated as I watched a report on a local news channel. I decided to pursue it because of the contrast the traditions offered against the backdrop of a high tech Hyderabad".<ref>{{cite web | title =Make way for the rain man | work = Deccan Chronicle | url =http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130128/lifestyle-booksart/article/make-way-rain-man | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130131053924/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130128/lifestyle-booksart/article/make-way-rain-man | url-status =dead | archive-date =31 January 2013 | accessdate = 11 November 2013}}</ref></blockquote><br />
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''The Monsoon Oracle'' has been critically acclaimed and screened at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]](MIT) and at the [[University of Chicago]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://7mediabroadcasting.com/themaonsoon.html The Monsoon Oracle]<br />
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