Suddha (2005)

Directed by

Ramchandra P. N.

Country

India

Runtime

1h 45m

Elsewhere

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How it feels

Based on a Tulu play, this film follows characters in a village in Karnataka as they navigate traditional cleansing rites. It was the first Tulu language film shot digitally.

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What happens

Suddha, also called The Cleansing Rites, is an Indian film, the first-ever Tulu language film shot in the digital format. The 105-minute film was shot in 2004 in a village called Marnad near Mangalore, Karnataka, and was released in 2005. The film is an adaptation of the Tulu Sahitya Academy award-winning Tulu play called Bojja written by Mumbai-based playwright, Narayana Nandalike. Suddha was produced by three Mumbai Tuluvas Mohan Marnad, Surendra Kumar and Ramchandra PN. It was directed by Ramchandra PN, a graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India, Poona. Suddha was his first feature-length film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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