Rent The Ritual (1977)
3.8 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 55min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Released at the peak of the Parallel Cinema movement in India, Girish Kasaravalli's groundbreaking debut feature is a scathing critique of religious hypocrisy. The film tells of a friendship between two outsiders, a young Brahmin boy at a religious school, bullied by his peers, and the headmaster's widowed daughter who conceals a secret pregnancy for fear of being ostracised. Kasaravalli's forthright and uncompromising film takes aim at a vicious patriarchal system. Its daring subject matter and neorealist approach established him as a major talent in the Indian film industry.
- Actors:
- Narayan Bhatt, Ramaswamy Iyengar, Janganath, Ajith Kumar, Shanta Kumari, Meena Kuttappa, Ramakrishna, Suresh
- Directors:
- Girish Kasaravalli
- Producers:
- Sadananda Suvarna
- Writers:
- Ananthamurthy U.R., Girish Kasaravalli, K.V. Subanna
- Genres:
- Bollywood, Drama
- Countries:
- India
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 14/09/2026
- Run Time:
- 115 minutes
- Languages:
- Kannada
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- The Ritual (Ghatashraddha, 1977) presented from the new 4K restoration by Film Heritage Foundation, Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project and George Lucas' Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation
- New filmed interview with director Girish Kasaravall
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