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Sadgati (Deliverance)
| Year | 1981 |
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| Producer | Doordarshan, Govt. of India (Indian National Television) |
| Distributor | Doordarshan, Govt. of India (Indian National Television), New Delhi |
| Screenplay | Satyajit Ray |
| Based on | The short story Sadgati by Prem Chand |
| Dialogue | Satyajit Ray and Amrit Roy |
| Photography | Soumendu Roy |
| Editor | Dulal Dutta |
| Art Director | Ashoke Bose |
| Music | Satyajit Ray |
| Sound | Amulya Das |
| Length | 52 min. |
| Color |
Cast:
| Dukhi Chamar | Om Puri |
|---|---|
| Jhuria | Smita Patil |
| Dhania | Richa Mishra |
| Ghashiram | Mohan Agashe |
| Lakshmi | Gita Siddharth |
A peasant, one of the Untouchable caste, carries out some odd jobs for a rich landowner, an influential man who gives advice to the villagers on important matters. The man orders the peasant to chop up a large tree trunk with an axe. Working in full sun, hungry and malnourished, the man dies while doing the job and his corpse remains stretched out on the road used by the villagers. What can be done with this cadaver that no one will touch? Night comes; shielded from view, the landowner sets himself to drag the body by a rope to a burning location.
