Sadgati

Sadgati
Directed by	Satyajit Ray
Produced by	Doordarshan, Govt. of India (Indian National Television)
Written by	Amrit Rai, Satyajit Ray (Dialogue)
Screenplay by	Satyajit Ray
Story by	Munshi Premchand
Based on	Short story Sadgati by Premchand
Starring	Om Puri Smita Patil Mohan Agashe Gita Siddharth Richa Mishra
Music by	Satyajit Ray
Cinematography	Soumendu Roy
Edited by	Dulal Dutta
Release dates	1981 (1981) (India)
Running time	52 min
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Sadgati (The Deliverance) is a 1981 Hindi film, primarily made for TV, by Satyajit Ray, based on a short story of same name by Munshi Premchand.

Plot

The film is a vicious indictment of the Indian caste system; when a poor and out-caste, village shoemaker, Dukhi (Om Puri), goes to village Brahmin (Hindu priest) (Mohan Agashe) to get the date of his daughter's marriage fixed, the Brahmin in turn asks for labour without pay in exchange, the ensuing events however turn the table against the priest, who in the end has to fore-go all the lofty tradition, including that of untouchability, he held so dearly, all this life, in his life as village priest.

Cast

• Om Puri as Dukhi
• Smita Patil as Jhuria
• Mohan Agashe as The Brahmin
• Gita Siddharth as The Brahmin's wife
• Richa Mishra as Dhania

Crew

• Art direction: Ashoke Bose
• Sound designer: Amulya Das

External links

• Sadgati at IMDb
• Satyajitray.org page