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Kondura (1978)

Kondura poster
Original title
कोन्दुरा
Directed by
Shyam Benegal
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 17m
Rating
9.5 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A village brahmin faces a personal and moral crisis after receiving a divine gift. The story follows his struggle with duty and desire in a rural community.

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What happens

Kondura / Anugraham is a 1978 Indian bilingual film directed by Shyam Benegal simultaneously in Hindi and Telugu. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Marathi writer, Chintamani T. Khanolkar, the screen adaptation was made by Shyam Benegal and Girish Karnad. The majority of the cast was common to both films and included Ananth Nag, Vanisri, Amrish Puri, Shekhar Chatterjee (Hindi version only), Rao Gopal Rao (Telugu version only) and Satyadev Dubey. The film was one of the Indian entries at the 4th Hong Kong International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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