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Samskara is a film of genre Drama directed by Srinivasa Rao Singeetham with Girish Karnad
Samskara (1970)
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Add to a movie listSamskara (Kannada: ಸಂಸ್ಕಾರ) is a 1970 Indian Kannada film written by U. R. Ananthamurthy, directed and produced by Pattabhirama Reddy. It is said to have been a path-breaking venture and is supposed to have pioneered the parallel cinema movement in Kannada. The word samskara means ritual in the Kannada language. Singeetam Srinivasa Rao was executive director for the film. Samskara garnered the National Film Award for Best Feature Film for 1970.
Actors
Girish Karnad
(Praneshacharya)
P. Lankesh
(Narayanappa)
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