
The Cleansing Rites
Overview
Suddha depicts the death of the feudal system that existed among the Tulu speaking community in coastal Karnataka for many years, and the impact of The Land Ceiling Act, which was ushered in during the sixties and seventies, on its social structure. It is the story of modern India - of changing caste equations and a realisation of this reality among the land owning class, albeit a bit late. Though the film is set in a remote village near Mangalore, it could well have happened in any other village elsewhere in India. An ex-landlord family comes to terms with the fact that they are living in their last leg of feudal existence when it cannot perform a last rites in a grand manner in which it was once used to.
Top Cast
Sharada Devi
Sharada Devi
Radha
Sharada Devi
Radha
Bharathi Jain
Bharathi Jain
Jaaji
Bharathi Jain
Jaaji
Jagatpal Jain
Jagatpal Jain
Booba
Jagatpal Jain
Booba
Saikrishna Kudla
Saikrishna Kudla
Ravi
Saikrishna Kudla
Ravi
Aasha Marnad
Aasha Marnad
Shobha
Aasha Marnad
Shobha
Gopal Marnad
Gopal Marnad
Gopal
Gopal Marnad
Gopal
Mohandas
Mohandas
Guruva
Mohandas
Guruva
Sujata Mudradi
Sujata Mudradi
Rashmi
Sujata Mudradi
Rashmi
Subhash Padiwaal
Subhash Padiwaal
Guttinaar
Subhash Padiwaal
Guttinaar
Boja Shetty
Boja Shetty
Ramanna
Boja Shetty
Ramanna
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