Trishagni (1988)

ALL 04/01/1988 (hi) Drama, Romance 114 Min
  • Release
    04/01/1988
  • Production
    National Film Development Corporation of India
  • Rotten tomato
    68%
  • Original title
    Trishagni
  • Original language
    hi
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

The film, which won the 1988 National Film Award for Best First Film of a Director for its "excellent exploration of complex philosophical theme for the first time in Indian cinema," is set in the Buddhist town of Sariput in the desert of Central Asia in the 1st century B.C. The town is struck by a devastating sand storm that leaves behind only four survivors: two monks and two children taking refuge in the monastery. Twenty years later, the monks have become old, while the boy and the girl have grown and fallen in love. The jealous monk deceitfully persuades the boy into becoming a monk, yet the girl wins him back, as a result both are expelled from the monastery, and that is when the sandstorm strikes once again..

  1. Nabendu Ghosh

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Producer



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Casts

  1. Nana Patekar

    Ajja/Uchanda

  2. Pallavi Joshi

    Iti

  3. Alok Nath

    Thera/Pithumitta

  4. Nitish Bharadwaj

    Nirvana

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 4 , Crews : 4

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Trishagni (1988) 114 Min

ALL 04/01/1988 (hi)
Drama, Romance
  • Release 04/01/1988
  • Production
    National Film Development Corporation of India
  • Original title Trishagni
  • hi
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

The film, which won the 1988 National Film Award for Best First Film of a Director for its "excellent exploration of complex philosophical theme for the first time in Indian cinema," is set in the Buddhist town of Sariput in the desert of Central Asia in the 1st century B.C. The town is struck by a devastating sand storm that leaves behind only four survivors: two monks and two children taking refuge in the monastery. Twenty years later, the monks have become old, while the boy and the girl have grown and fallen in love. The jealous monk deceitfully persuades the boy into becoming a monk, yet the girl wins him back, as a result both are expelled from the monastery, and that is when the sandstorm strikes once again..

  1. Nabendu Ghosh

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Afaque Hussain

    Editor

  4. Producer