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Cleansing Rites, The

India
2005, 105min.

Prod./Script/Dir./Edit.: Ramchandra PN, Dir. of Phot.: Sameer Mahajan, Sound: Santosh Kumar.
Cast: Subhash Padiwaal, Boja Shetty, Sujata Mudradi, Saikrishana Kudla, Asha Marnad, Gopal M.Mohandas, Jagatpal.

A family in rural south India realizes that it is in its last leg of feudal existence when it cannot perform the last rite of a family member in a manner in which it was once used to.

Awards
Osean Cinefan Festival Of Asian Films, New Delhi, 2006 (Best Indian Film).

PN, Ramchandra

Ramchandra PN (born)
Ramchandra PN is a graduate of the Film & TV Institute, Poona- the premier film school in India. Having graduated in the direction & screenplay writing, 1991, he has since been doing documentaries, short films and TV programs in Mumbai, India.

Filmography
Anda Bhurji Wala(1990), Gotala(1990); The Hot Shot(1991), Dursa Pooja(1996), Sarvodayasrama(1998), Siri Festival(1999), Voices from Mini-Tibet(2000), Swar Sadhana(2000), Surabhi(1991-2000), Gently Down the Stream(2001), Swamy Swamy(2001), My Banjara Diary(2002), Kodavas - the worrier race (2002), Kumarapark (e) (2002), Mr & Mrs 55, Heart Troubles of Ramchand Yavathmal Tiruchinapalli Azamghar (2004), Virus No. 1 (2003), Baratha Uvaacha... (2004), How is this? (Idhu Yaake Heege? 2004), Chacha Chaudary (2005), Out of Tune (2004), Suddha (The Cleansing Rites) (2005), Shaky Souls, Empty Chairs, Testing Times (2006), Mani Bhai Pass Hogava (2006).

SPONSORS AND PARTNERS

british-council The European Cultural Foundation