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Samskara (1970)
Directed by Pattabhirama Reddy
Drama · 1h 53m
Narayanappa, a Madhwa Brahmin man, dies in the Agrahara of the village Durvasapura. As per Madhwa customs, his last rites must be performed at the earliest. However, due to Narayanappa's rebellious actions in life, which included eating meat, consuming liquor and marrying a prostitute, there is disagreement amongst the Brahmins of the village as to who will perform his rites.
Cast
Girish Karnad
P. Lankesh
Lakshmi Krishnamurthy
Loknath
C. R. Simha
Bhargavi Narayan
Crew
- Director
- Pattabhirama Reddy
- Screenplay
- Girish Karnad, Pattabhirama Reddy
- Novel
- U. R. Ananthamurthy
- Director of Photography
- Tom Cowan
- Original Music Composer
- Rajeev Taranath
- Editor
- Steven Carthew
- Producer
- Pattabhirama Reddy
Details
- Original title
- ಸಂಸ್ಕಾರ
- Release date
- 1970-05-13
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- KN
- Spoken languages
- Kannada
- Countries
- India
- Production
- Ramamanohara Chitra