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Diksha / NFDC & Doordarshan presents ; story, U.R. Anantha Murthy ; director, Arun Kaul.
LIBRA DVD 009 366
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Anantha Murthy, U. R., 1932-2014. Ghatashraddha, author, screenwriter.
- Language:
- English
- Hindi
- Kannada
- Subjects (All):
- Social conditions.
- India--Social conditions--Drama.
- India.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson Heights, NY : SKY Entertainment : Bombay Music, distributors, [between 2000 and 2009?]
- Language Note:
- In Hindi with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Diksha (Initiation) -- Set in the early 1930s, a Vedic scholar reluctantly takes on a new pupil and a forbidden love produces an out-of-wedlock pregnancy.
- Participant:
- Nana Patekar, Manohar Singh, Rajashri Sawant, Ashish Mishra.
- Notes:
- Based on U. R. Anantha Murthy's Ghatashraddha.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1991.
- Includes scene selections.
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