Marhi da deeva

Description

The film is a social tragedy born out of the gradual transformation of feudalism into capitalism. It concerns the predicament of the protagonist Jasgir, who becomes the victim of the exploiter's tendencies of the young landlord. His father was treated kindly by the elder landlord, but the son Bhanta tries to retrieve all of what his father had given to Jagsir. Against the background of this external oppression, Jagsir is also deprived of normal life because he belongs to a low caste and cannot marry from among his own people as his parents' marriage was not acceptable to his maternal grandparents, who discarded his mother. Jagsir is thus condemned to live and die without a child who will light a lamp at his tomb. Jagsir however falls in love with his friend's wife Bhani. Does love hold any promise for the future, or is Jagsir to drag his life to death and become extinct without anybody to light his tomb?

Runtime

107 min

Creator

Singh, Surinder. drt

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Date of Publication

1989

Database

Alexander Street

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