Circa British Rule in India, a man vows to make his only surviving son, Narayan, alias Nani, a Brahmachari to atone for the deaths of five of his children. He takes this child to a remote village in Karnataka, South India, where he leaves his 11 year old son in the care of a learned Archarya, Udup Pandit. Here Nani gets to meet two other disciples of the Archarya, as well as his widowed daughter, Yamuna, and another male by the name of Shrikar Upadhyay, who also teaches the British how to read and write in Hindi. The Archarya goes away for a few days, and when he returns nothing is the same anymore. His daughter is pregnant, the villagers are all set to remove her from the village, they are also angry with him for refusing Yamuna to follow the traditional way a Hindu widow. The Archarya must now find out who impregnated his daughter - whether it was one of his two young disciples; an untouchable male named Koga Pandit, or was it young Nani. The Archarya must also decide what is to be ...

Starring

Manohar Singh, Nana Patekar, Rajshri Sawant, more..

Director

Arun Kaul

Language

Hindi

Genre

Release Date

Tue Jan, 01 1991

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Manohar Singh

... Udup Pandit

Nana Patekar

... Koga Pandit

Rajshri Sawant

... Yamuna

Master Ashish Mishra

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K K Raina

... Shrikar Upadhyay

NFDC

... Producer

U. R. Ananthamurthy

... Story / Writers

Mohinderjit Singh

... Music Director

Arun Kaul

... Director

Adesh Verma

... Editor