Giddh

Giddh (The Vultures) is a 1984 Hindi film directed by T.S. Ranga starring Smita Patil, Om Puri and Nana Patekar among others.^[1] The film won Special Jury Award (32nd National Film Awards) for in-depth depiction of the helplessness of people struggling against the Devadasi tradition.^[2]

Giddh
Directed by	T.S. Ranga
Produced by	T.S. Ranga
Starring	Om Puri Smita Patil Nana Patekar
Edited by	Aruna-Vikas
Music by	B.V. Karanth
Release date	1984 (1984)
Running time	1 hr. 53 min.
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Plot

In a remote village at Karnataka-Maharashtra border in India, the poor residents follow Devadasi tradition according to which young girls are given up^{[by whom?]} in the service of Goddess Yellamma. The landlords, priests and other men take advantage of these young girls and pimps like Veerapppan take them to brothels in Bombay. Bhashya, a laborer and his wife Hanumi lead an attempt at awakening against the practice by deciding to save Laksmi from becoming a Devadasi with the help of Masterji, going against the powerful feudal lord Desai. ^[3]

Cast

• Om Puri as Basya
• Smita Patil as Hanumi
• Nana Patekar as Veerappan
• Savita Bajaj as Sundri
• Vikas Desai as Patil
• Vijay Kashyap as Katra
• Achyut Potdar as Desai
• M.K. Raina as Masterji