
Diksha (1991)
6 votes on TMDBReleased January 1, 1991Runtime 2h 0mDirector Arun Kaul
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.
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Cast of Diksha

Nana Patekar
Koga Pandit
Manohar Singh
Udup Pandit
Vijay Kashyap
Manjunath
Sulabha Arya
Dondamma (Koga's guardian)
K.K. Raina
Shrikar UpadhyayAbout Diksha
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Who stars in Diksha?
Diksha stars Nana Patekar, Manohar Singh, Vijay Kashyap, Anubhav Mishra, Sulabha Arya.
Who directed Diksha?
Diksha was directed by Arun Kaul.
How long is Diksha?
Diksha has a runtime of 2h 0m.
What is Diksha about?
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.
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