Giddh (The Vultures) is a 1984 Hindi film directed by T.S. Ranga starring Smita Patil, Om Puri and Nana Patekar among others.[1][2] The film won Special Jury Award (32nd National Film Awards) for in-depth depiction of the helplessness of people struggling against the Devadasi tradition.[3]

Giddh
Directed byT.S. Ranga
Produced byT.S. Ranga
StarringOm Puri
Smita Patil
Nana Patekar
Edited byAruna-Vikas
Music byB.V. Karanth
Release date
  • 1984 (1984)
Running time
1 hr. 53 min.
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

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In a remote village at Karnataka-Maharashtra border in India, the poor residents follow Devadasi tradition according to which young girls are given up[by whom?] in the service of Goddess Yellamma. The landlords, priests and other men take advantage of these young girls and pimps like Veerapppan take them to brothels in Bombay. Bhashya, a laborer and his wife Hanumi lead an attempt at awakening against the practice by deciding to save Laksmi from becoming a Devadasi with the help of Masterji, going against the powerful feudal lord Desai. [1][4]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Giddh: The Vulture". IMDB. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Giddh". Indian Cine.ma: Online Archive of Indian Film. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  3. ^ "32nd National Film Festival-1985". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Alternate Movies". Parallel Cinema. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
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