Trishagni (1988)
Trishagni (1988)
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..

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Cast

Nana Patekar Nana Patekar As: Ajja/Uchanda
Pallavi Joshi Pallavi Joshi As: Iti
Alok Nath Alok Nath As: Thera/Pithumitta
Nitish Bharadwaj Nitish Bharadwaj As: Nirvana
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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..


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Genres: Drama, Romance

Language: हिन्दी

Release Date: 01 April 1988

Country: IN

Runtime: 114m

Company Credits

Company: National Film Development Corporation of India

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Cast

Nana Patekar

Nana Patekar

Ajja/Uchanda

Pallavi Joshi

Pallavi Joshi

Iti

Alok Nath

Alok Nath

Thera/Pithumitta

Nitish Bharadwaj

Nitish Bharadwaj

Nirvana

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Moloy Dasgupta

Moloy Dasgupta

Cinematography

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