Religion

Overview

The story is based in Banaras and is about a Hindu Priest Chaturvedi who follows the scriptures to practice Hindu religion. When a child is abandon by a woman and brought in his house by his daughter - after initial hesitation but due to requests from his wife - the family adapts the child; only to know after 4 years that the child is a Muslim. The family gives away the child and Chaturvedi engulfs himself in the purification process to cleanse his body, mind and soul due to contact with a Muslim soul. By the time, Chaturvedi thinks he is fully purified – the child reappears – seeking refuge, due to Hindu- Muslim riots. This is the time Chaturvedi finally realizes that the true religion is - religion where humans help humans – humanity.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 8, 2007

Original language

Hindi

Spoken languages

Hindi

Countries

India

Production

WSG Pictures

Cast

Pankaj Kapur,Supriya Pathak,Daya Shankar Pandey,Krish Parekh,Suruchi Aulakh,Pankaj Tripathi,Hrishitaa Bhatt,K.K. Raina

Director

Bhavna Talwar

Writer

Varun Gautam,Vibha Singh

Producer

Sheetal Vinod Talwar

Cinematography

Subbiah Nallamuthu

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1047459