Sadgati (1981)
- Original title
- सदगति
- Directed by
- Satyajit Ray
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- India
- Runtime
- 52 min
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A poor Dalit man seeks help from a high-caste priest but is met with cruel indifference and exploitation. The film shows how rigid social hierarchies crush those at the bottom.
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What happens
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. 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." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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