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]
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]
Awards
References
- ^ Satyajit Ray (2 April 2013). Satyajit Ray on Cinema. Columbia University Press. pp. 158–. ISBN 978-0-231-53547-2.
- ^ Malhotra, APS (12 January 2017). "Sadgati (1981)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 17 April 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
- ^ Chattopadhyay, Bhaskar (8 October 2017). "Sadgati: Based on Premchand's story, Satyajit Ray took a scathing look at the tragic lives of untouchables". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 5 October 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
- ^ Ray, Satyajit (1989). The Chess Players and Other Screenplays. London: Faber & Faber. p. 80. ISBN 0-571-14074-2. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
- ^ "Satyajit Ray's 'cruellest' film to date, Sadgati, turns 40". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 20 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ "29th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 November 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
External links
- Sadgati at IMDb
- Satyajitray.org page Archived 16 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
