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Donkey in a Brahmin Village is a film of genre Drama directed by John Abraham with Kommareddy Savitri

Donkey in a Brahmin Village (1977)

Donkey in a Brahmin Village
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Length 1h31
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Genres Drama
Rating69% 3.4556153.4556153.4556153.4556153.455615

Agraharathil Kazhutai (English: Donkey in the Brahmin ghetto) is a 1977 Tamil language film. Directed by avant-garde film-maker John Abraham, the film had its screenplay by film critic Venkat Swaminathan. This was John's second film (his first in Tamil). Made as satire on the brahminical bigotry and superstition, a donkey becomes the central character in the film. At the 25th National Film Awards, the film won the Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil. In 2013, IBN Live included the film in its list of 100 greatest Indian films of all time.

Synopsis

Narayana Swamy, a professor and resident of a Brahmin village, adopts a new-born donkey after an enraged crowd kills it's mother. The donkey becomes the sole companion to a deaf-mute maid who works in Narayana Swamy's house. There is chaos among the villagers upon the arrival of the donkey and kids start playing pranks on the donkey. Thinking that having a donkey in the village will ruin them, the villagers attack and kill the donkey. Soon after its death, miracles start happening in the village. Slowly people believe all that is because of the donkey and start worshipping the dead body of it. They arrange for a ritual funeral for the donkey before burning it In the end, the fire spreads around the village and kills all the people. The professor and his maid are the lone survivors.

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Kommareddy Savitri
Swathi
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