Film

Religion

2007 · 1h 45m · Drama · History

IMDb

8.0

The story is based in Banaras and is about a Hindu Priest Chaturvedi who follows the scriptures to practice Hindu religion. When a child is abandon by a woman and brought in his house by his daughter - after initial hesitation but due to requests from his wife - the family adapts the child; only to know after 4 years that the child is a Muslim. The family gives away the child and Chaturvedi engulfs himself in the purification process to cleanse his body, mind and soul due to contact with a Muslim soul. By the time, Chaturvedi thinks he is fully purified – the child reappears – seeking refuge, due to Hindu- Muslim riots. This is the time Chaturvedi finally realizes that the true religion is - religion where humans help humans – humanity.

Pankaj Kapur

Pandit Chaturvedi

Supriya Pathak

Parvati Chaturvedi

Hrishitaa Bhatt

Mani

Pankaj Tripathi

Suryaprakash

K.K. Raina

. Vishnu Singh

Krish Parekh

Kartikey / Mustafa

Daya Shankar Pandey

Daya Shankar Pandey

Suruchi Aulakh

Suralya

• Bhavna TalwarDirector
• Vibha SinghScreenplay
• Sheetal Vinod TalwarProducer
• Subbiah NallamuthuDirector of Photography
• Asif Ali SheikhEditor

Release date

June 8, 2007

Status

Released

Original language

Hindi

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

U

Genres

Drama, History

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