Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1992)

Directed by

Shyam Benegal

Genre

metafiction, art film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 10m

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man tells stories about three women from his past as he sits with a friend. The film examines memory and how we shape our own narratives about love and loss.

thoughtfulcontemplativelayeredlyricalmelancholicreflectiveself-awareslow-burn

What happens

Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (lit. 'The Sun's Seventh Horse') is a 1992 Indian Hindi film directed by Shyam Benegal and based on the novel The Sun's Seventh Horse by Dharmavir Bharati. It won the 1993 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. The self-reflexive film is also known for its subversive take on the "Devdas" syndrome. The film was produced by the National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC). It stars Rajit Kapur, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Pallavi Joshi, Neena Gupta and Amrish Puri, among others. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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