Diksha
7.6
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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Nana Patekar
Koga Pandit
Known for
Welcome
Raajneeti
Manohar Singh
Udup Pandit
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Party
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Vijay Kashyap
Manjunath
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Gandhi
Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi
Anubhav Mishra
Ganesh
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Sulabha Arya
Dondamma (Koga's guardian)
Known for
Kal Ho Naa Ho
Hera Pheri
K.K. Raina
Shrikar Upadhyay
Known for
Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Rajshree Sawant
Yamuna
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Disha
Arun Kaul Director · U. R. Ananthamurthy Author Mohinderjit Singh Composer
First release January 1, 1991 · Produced in India · Original title दीक्षा
Production
National Film Development Corporation of India
Production
India
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Original title
दीक्षा
Original language
Hindi
Spoken on screen
Hindi
Release dates
India · January 1, 1991
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