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Vara: A Blessing (2014)
Directed by Khyentse Norbu
Drama, Romance · 1h 36m
In a small Indian village, Lila is learning to dance from her mother, Devadasi, a Bharatanatyam dancer. She falls in love with low class Shyam, who dreams of becoming a sculptor. Shyam asks Lila to model for him as he sculpts a goddess, and the two become very close. However, their relationship is discovered by the village chief Subha, and Lila decides to sacrifice her happiness for her mother and Shyam.
Cast
Shahana Goswami
Devesh Ranjan
Swaroopa Ghosh
Ruvin De Silva
Parakrama Jayasinghe
Crew
- Director
- Khyentse Norbu
- Writer
- Khyentse Norbu
- Novel
- Sunil Gangopadhyay
- Director of Photography
- Bradford Young
- Original Music Composer
- Nitin Sawhney
- Editor
- William Chang Suk-Ping, Lisa-Anne Morris, John Scott
Details
- Release date
- 2014-06-05
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Bhutan, France, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Production
- Moving Temple Films, Evenstar Films, HanWay Films, Pyramide Productions