Debshishu

Debshishu
Debshishu
	Promotional Poster
Directed by	Utpalendu Chakrabarty
Produced by	NFDC
Starring	Smita Patil; Om Puri; Rohini Hattangadi; Sadhu Meher
Release date	1985;
Running time	1 hour 40 min
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Debshishu (transl. Lord's children) is a 1985 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Utpalendu Chakrabarty, starring Smita Patil and Om Puri. The film is an NFDC production,^[1] and Patil worked without remuneration.^[2]

Plot

An illiterate man and his wife live life on the road after their village was destroyed by a flood. When the man's wife gives birth to a deformed baby, proclaimed to be a 'child of the devil' by the local pundit (Hindu priest) who forces them to abandon the infant and exiles them from the community. The couple's journey then takes them on a series of bizarre and heart-breaking revelations.

Cast

References

^ Arunachalam, Param (2020). BollySwar: 1981–1990. Mavrix Infotech. p. 553. ISBN 9788193848227.
^ Ray, Kunal (17 October 2015). "'Smita struggled with curious contradictions'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

External links

Debshishu at IMDb

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[1] Arunachalam, Param (2020). BollySwar: 1981–1990. Mavrix Infotech. p. 553. ISBN 9788193848227.

[2] Ray, Kunal (17 October 2015). "'Smita struggled with curious contradictions'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

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