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Sadgati (Deliverance), 1981 Production: Doordarshan (National Television of India) Screenplay, Music and Direction: Satyajit Ray Based on a story by Munshi Premchand Photography: Soumendu Roy Art Direction: Ashoke Bose Editing: Dulal Dutta Sound: Amulya Das Duration: 52 mins. Colour     Cast: Om Puri (Dukhi Chamar), Smita Patil (Jhuria, his wife), Mohan Agase (Ghasiram), Richa Misra (Dukhi's daughter), Gita Siddharth (Lakshmi, Ghasiram's wife), Bhaiyalal Hedau (The Gond).   The wife advises her husband to take rest, as the tanner suddenly feels dizzy even in the morning.  The tanner’s final yet futile effort to hack the log.  Awards The Brahmin, nonchalant, is having a sumptuous lunch     Special Jury Award, New Delhi, 1981     The Story A tanner, one of the untouchable caste, carries out some odd jobs for a rich Brahmin, an influential man who gives advice to the villagers on important matters. The man orders the peasant to chop up a large tree trunk with an axe. Working in full sun, hungry and malnourished, the man dies while doing the job and his corpse remains stretched out on the road used by the villagers. What can be done with this cadaver that no one will touch? Early dawn comes; shielded from view, the Brahmin sets himself to drag the body by a rope to a location where dead cattle are dumped to be devoured by vultures. View Clips 1       Contributed by DKB and AKD Back Top

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