Sadgati
1981 Indian TV series or programme
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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]
Based onSadgati
by Premchand
by Premchand
Written by
- Amrit Rai
- Satyajit Ray (Dialogue)
Screenplay bySatyajit Ray
Directed bySatyajit Ray
| Sadgati | |
|---|---|
| Based on | Sadgati by Premchand |
| Written by |
|
| 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 |
Cast
- 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
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]