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Debshishu

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Debshishu
Promotional Poster
Directed byUtpalendu Chakrabarty
Produced byNFDC
StarringSmita Patil
Om Puri
Rohini Hattangadi
Sadhu Meher
Release date
  • 1985 (1985)
Running time
1 hour 40 min
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

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

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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

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References

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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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