Giddh

Giddh
Giddh
Directed by	T.S. Ranga
Produced by	T.S. Ranga
Starring	Om Puri ; Smita Patil ; Nana Patekar
Music by	B.V. Karanth
Edited by	Aruna-Vikas
Release date	1984;
Running time	1 hr. 53 min.
Country	India
Language	Hindi

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Giddh (The Vultures) is a 1984 Hindi film directed by T.S. Ranga starring Smita Patil, Om Puri and Nana Patekar among others.^[1]^[2] The film won Special Jury Award (32nd National Film Awards) for in-depth depiction of the helplessness of people struggling against the Devadasi tradition.^[3]

Plot[edit]

In a remote village at Karnataka-Maharashtra border in India, the poor residents follow Devadasi tradition according to which young girls are given up^{[by whom?]} in the service of Goddess Yellamma. The landlords, priests and other men take advantage of these young girls and pimps like Veerapppan take them to brothels in Bombay. Bhashya, a laborer and his wife Hanumi lead an attempt at awakening against the practice by deciding to save Laksmi from becoming a Devadasi with the help of Masterji, going against the powerful feudal lord Desai. ^[1]^[4]

Cast[edit]

Om Puri as Basya
Smita Patil as Hanumi
Nana Patekar as Veerappan
Savita Bajaj as Sundri
Vikas Desai as Patil
Vijay Kashyap as Katra
Achyut Potdar as Desai
M.K. Raina as Masterji
Naseeruddin Shah as Politician (Special Appearance)

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Giddh: The Vulture". IMDB. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
↑ "Giddh". Indian Cine.ma: Online Archive of Indian Film. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
↑ "32nd National Film Festival-1985". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
↑ "Alternate Movies". Parallel Cinema. Retrieved 10 July 2015.

External links[edit]

Giddh on IMDb
Giddh at Rotten Tomatoes

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[IMDB-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Giddh: The Vulture". IMDB. Retrieved 10 July 2015.

[2] "Giddh". Indian Cine.ma: Online Archive of Indian Film. Retrieved 10 July 2015.

[3] "32nd National Film Festival-1985". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2015.

[4] "Alternate Movies". Parallel Cinema. Retrieved 10 July 2015.

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