Sadgati
| Sadgati | |
|---|---|
| Based on | Sadgati by Premchand |
| Written by |
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| Screenplay by | Satyajit Ray |
| Directed by | Satyajit Ray |
| Starring | Om Puri Smita Patil Mohan Agashe Gita Siddharth Richa Mishra |
| Music by | Satyajit Ray |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| Production | |
| Producer | Doordarshan |
| Cinematography | Soumendu Roy |
| Editor | Dulal Dutta |
| Running time | 52 min[1] |
| Original release | |
| Release | 1981 |
Sadgati (transl. Salvation [or] Deliverance) is a 1981 Hindi television film directed by Satyajit Ray, based on a short story of same name by Munshi Premchand.[2][3] Ray called this drama of a poor Dalit "a deeply angry film [...] not the anger of an exploding bomb but of a bow stretched taut and quivering."[4]
Cast
[edit]- Om Puri as Dukhi
- Smita Patil as Jhuria
- Mohan Agashe as The Priest
- Gita Siddharth as The wife
- Bhaiyalal Hedao as The Gond
- Richa Mishra as Dhania
Reception
[edit]Shaikh Ayaz of The Indian Express noted, "Having the distinction of being Doordarshan’s first colour outing, Sadgati is 40 years old today but it’s message is still relevant".[5]
Awards
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Satyajit Ray (2 April 2013). Satyajit Ray on Cinema. Columbia University Press. pp. 158–. ISBN 978-0-231-53547-2.
- ^ Malhotra, APS (12 January 2017). "Sadgati (1981)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 17 April 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
- ^ Chattopadhyay, Bhaskar (8 October 2017). "Sadgati: Based on Premchand's story, Satyajit Ray took a scathing look at the tragic lives of untouchables". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 5 October 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
- ^ Ray, Satyajit (1989). The Chess Players and Other Screenplays. London: Faber & Faber. p. 80. ISBN 0-571-14074-2. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
- ^ "Satyajit Ray's 'cruellest' film to date, Sadgati, turns 40". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 20 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ "29th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 November 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
External links
[edit]- Sadgati at IMDb
- Satyajitray.org page Archived 16 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
