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Nanna Kartavya (1965)

Nanna Kartavya poster
Directed by
Vedantam Raghavaiah
Country
India
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A widow tries to live with her in-laws after her husband dies but struggles to find happiness. The story follows her attempts to resume her place in the family.

melancholictenderslow-pacedemotionally heavysocially-groundedintimatereflective

What happens

Nanna Karthavya ( transl. My duty) is a 1965 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Vedantam Raghavayya and produced by K. S. Sathyanarayan and R. Sundaram. The film stars J. Jayalalithaa, Kalyan Kumar, R. Nagendra Rao and Sandhya. The film has musical score by G. K. Venkatesh. The plot revolves around a widow (played by Jayalalithaa), who decides to stay with her in-laws, but in unable to regain her life after her husband's death. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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