Stri
Sethumadhavan, K.S
Stri videorecording NFDC, Cinemas of India ; National Film Development Corpn. & Doordarshan present ; screenplay, Sethu Madhavan ; produced by N.F.D.C & Doordarsha ; direction, Sethu Madhavan. - Mumbai NFDC c1995 - 1 videodisc (120 min.) sd., col 4 3/4 in. - Cinamas of India .
Videodisc release of the 1995 motion picture. Based on Palagummi Padmaraju's Telugu short story "Padava Prayanam."
Special features: digitally re-mastered from the original film.
A simple story of an illiterate woman totally faithful to a man whom she intensely love is how the director describes the film belying its emotional complexity that shows the internal conflict between a man and a woman. On the face of it, Rangi and Paddalu are a devoted, happily married couple living for each other. But when Paddalu scarpers with a boatmans cargo, Rangi, left behind, confesses that shes not his wife at all. She was acting as a decoy so he could get away with the booty intended for Paddalu.s other woman, a younger, more beautiful girl. Yet she says Paddalu is her man. Without me he cannot live. Why is she prepared to put her own life and liberty at risk for a man who treats her callously.
Music, L. Vaidyanathan ; editing, D. Rajagopal ; cinematography, S. Saravanan. Music, L. Vaidyanathan ; editing, D. Rajagopal ; cinematography, S. Saravanan.
DVD ; NTSC ; all regions.
In Telgu with English subtitles.
Man-woman relationships -Drama -India, illiterate woman, Women education, Feature films, Motion pictures, Telgu--
791.4372 / ST
Stri videorecording NFDC, Cinemas of India ; National Film Development Corpn. & Doordarshan present ; screenplay, Sethu Madhavan ; produced by N.F.D.C & Doordarsha ; direction, Sethu Madhavan. - Mumbai NFDC c1995 - 1 videodisc (120 min.) sd., col 4 3/4 in. - Cinamas of India .
Videodisc release of the 1995 motion picture. Based on Palagummi Padmaraju's Telugu short story "Padava Prayanam."
Special features: digitally re-mastered from the original film.
A simple story of an illiterate woman totally faithful to a man whom she intensely love is how the director describes the film belying its emotional complexity that shows the internal conflict between a man and a woman. On the face of it, Rangi and Paddalu are a devoted, happily married couple living for each other. But when Paddalu scarpers with a boatmans cargo, Rangi, left behind, confesses that shes not his wife at all. She was acting as a decoy so he could get away with the booty intended for Paddalu.s other woman, a younger, more beautiful girl. Yet she says Paddalu is her man. Without me he cannot live. Why is she prepared to put her own life and liberty at risk for a man who treats her callously.
Music, L. Vaidyanathan ; editing, D. Rajagopal ; cinematography, S. Saravanan. Music, L. Vaidyanathan ; editing, D. Rajagopal ; cinematography, S. Saravanan.
DVD ; NTSC ; all regions.
In Telgu with English subtitles.
Man-woman relationships -Drama -India, illiterate woman, Women education, Feature films, Motion pictures, Telgu--
791.4372 / ST