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Diksha is a film of genre Drama with Manohar Singh

Diksha (1991)

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Length 2h
Genres Drama
Rating74% 3.745823.745823.745823.745823.74582

Diksha (Initiation) is 1991 Hindi film directed by Arun Kaul and his only feature. The film is based on a novella by eminent Kannada writer U. R. Ananthamurthy.

It was awarded the 1992 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi and 1992 Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie.
The film participated in International Film Festival of India, 1993, and won several international awards including Annonay International Film Festival Award, France, 1992; Prix Du Public (Audience Awards); and Best Feature Film in Hindi by Madhya Pradesh Development Corporation, 1992.

Synopsis

Placed in the early 1930s, Diksha is the story of a guru and his widowed daughter, the head disciple and the novice; the lowly-born 'Koga' who dreams of learning the intricacy of scriptures.

Actors

Manohar Singh

(Udup Pandit)
Nana Patekar

(Koga Pandit)
K. K. Raina

(Shrikar Upadhyay)
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