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Kaa (1966)

Kaa poster
Original title
କା
Directed by
Sarada Prasanna Naik
Genre
drama
Country
India
Runtime
2h 45m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A barren woman encourages her husband to marry another woman so they can have a child. The story explores her sacrifice and the emotional consequences for everyone involved.

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What happens

Kaa is a 1965 Odia film directed by Siddhartha, which is a pseudonym for Gour Prasad Ghose, Parbati Ghose, & Ram Chandra Thakur. The film is based on Kanhu Charan Mohanty's award-winning literary masterpiece in the same name. The Film glorifies the story of a barren woman, who induced her husband to marry another woman for the sake of the birth of a child. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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