Sadgati

Sadgati
Sadgati
Directed by	Satyajit Ray
Written by	Amrit Rai; Satyajit Ray (Dialogue);
Screenplay by	Satyajit Ray
Based on	Short story Sadgati; by Premchand
Produced by	Doordarshan
Starring	Om Puri; Smita Patil; Mohan Agashe; Gita Siddharth;
Cinematography	Soumendu Roy
Edited by	Dulal Dutta
Music by	Satyajit Ray
Release date	1981 (India);
Running time	52 min
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Sadgati (transl. Salvation [or] Deliverance) is an 1981 Hindi television film directed by Satyajit Ray, based on a short story of same name by Munshi Premchand. 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."^[2]

Plot[]

The film is a vicious indictment of the . When a poor and low-village cobbler, Dukhiya (Om Puri), who lives with his wife Jhuria (Smita Patil), goes to the village Brahmin (Mohan Agashe) to fix the date of his daughter's marriage, the Brahmin asks for unpaid labour in exchange. The cobbler is made to sweep the house and cut wood for him. Dukhi does all of these work without having eaten since morning. The ensuing events turn the tables against the priest, who in the end has to forgo the lofty traditions, including that of untouchability, that he has held so dearly all his life.^[3]

Cast[]

Om Puri as Dukhi
Smita Patil as Jhuria
Mohan Agashe as The Priest
Gita Siddharth as The wife
Richa Mishra as Dhania

References[]

^ Satyajit Ray (2 April 2013). Satyajit Ray on Cinema. Columbia University Press. pp. 158–. ISBN 978-0-231-53547-2.
^ Ray, Satyajit. The Chess Players and Other Screenplays. London: Faber and Faber, 1989, p. 80. ISBN 0-571-14074-2
^ Overview New York Times.

External links[]

Sadgati at IMDb
Satyajitray.org page

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[Ray2013-1] Satyajit Ray (2 April 2013). Satyajit Ray on Cinema. Columbia University Press. pp. 158–. ISBN 978-0-231-53547-2.

[2] Ray, Satyajit. The Chess Players and Other Screenplays. London: Faber and Faber, 1989, p. 80. ISBN 0-571-14074-2

[3] Overview New York Times.

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v t Works by Premchand
Novels	Bazaar-e-Husn (1919) Rangbhoomi (1924) Nirmala (1926) Gaban (1931) Karmabhoomi (1932) Godaan (1936)
Short stories	"Shatranj ke Khiladi" (1924) "Idgah" (1933) "Lottery" (1933)
Adaptations	Sevasadanam (1938) Gaban (1966) The Chess Players (1977) Oka Oori Katha (1977) Saanch Ko Aanch Nahin (1979) Sadgati (1981) Bazaar E Husn (2014)