Diksha (1991)

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Movie basic details

Current status - Released
Total runtime - 120 mins.
Release date - 01-01-1991
Release year - 1991
Genres - Drama

Overall ratings and scores for Diksha:
Happiness Score - 5.8/10, World Popularity Score - 0.6/100, IMDB Score - 7.5, Metascore - N/A, Internet Movie Database - 7.5/10, .
Diksha movie has Total Global Votes - 5, Total IMD Votes - 189

Diksha Movie Introduction: Movie Diksha, release year 1991 is written by U.R. Ananthamurthy and directed by Arun Kaul. The leading star-cast in this movie are Sulabha Arya, Vijay Kashyap, Anubhav Mishra along with the other stars and crew members.

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Movie overview and plot by Anagha Shashank

Movie in-short: A man tries to save the life of his son after five of his children are killed. A scholar adopts his son but a shameful incident challenges the scholar's authority in the society.

Movie story-line: Circa British Rule in India, a man vows to make his only surviving son, Narayan, alias Nani, a Brahmachari to atone for the deaths of five of his children. He takes this child to a remote village in Karnataka, South India, where he leaves his 11 year old son in the care of a learned Archarya, Udup Pandit. Here Nani gets to meet two other disciples of the Archarya, as well as his widowed daughter, Yamuna, and another male by the name of Shrikar Upadhyay, who also teaches the British how to read and write in Hindi. The Archarya goes away for a few days, and when he returns nothing is the same anymore. His daughter is pregnant, the villagers are all set to remove her from the village, they are also angry with him for refusing Yamuna to follow the traditional way of a Hindu widow.

Movie synopsis: Circa British Rule in India, a man vows to make his only surviving son, Narayan, alias Nani, a Brahmachari to atone for the deaths of five of his children. He takes this child to a remote village in Karnataka, South India, where he leaves his 11 year old son in the care of a learned Archarya, Udup Pandit. Here Nani gets to meet two other disciples of the Archarya, as well as his widowed daughter, Yamuna, and another male by the name of Shrikar Upadhyay, who also teaches the British how to read and write in Hindi. The Archarya goes away for a few days, and when he returns nothing is the same anymore. His daughter is pregnant, the villagers are all set to remove her from the village, they are also angry with him for refusing Yamuna to follow the traditional way a Hindu widow. The Archarya must also decide what is to be done with Yamuna as it is up to him now to decide her fate, not that he has many choices - for the prescribed Hindu punishment for this is - death.

Highlights - Diksha (1991)

Total budget - $0.00
Total revenue - $0.00
Produced by - National Film Development Corporation of India
Produced in - India
Available languages - Hindi (हिन्दी),
Homepage URL -
Awards won / Nominations - 4 wins
Certificate(s) - IN : UA

Lead Actors, Writer(s), Director(s) of Diksha (1991)

Lead Actors - Sulabha Arya, Vijay Kashyap, Anubhav Mishra
Writer(s) - U.R. Ananthamurthy
Director(s) - Arun Kaul