Marking the birth centenary of Pattabhi Rama Reddy: Screening of the Documentary ‘Revisiting Samskara’
Posted on February 09, 2019
6th February 2019
Screening of the Documentary ‘Revisiting Samskara’: Curtain Raiser
We the Concerned for Working Children are delighted to invite you to the screening of the documentary ‘Revisiting Samskara’ on the occasion of the birth centenary of Sri Pattabhirama Reddy, a renowned poet, filmmaker, philosopher, social thinker and a visionary.
CWC had the privilege of having him as the president of its executive council. Father of one of our founder members, Ms Nandana Reddy, the entire team of CWC is honoured to be guided and inspired by him. During the course of his life, Sri Reddy had actively championed the causes upheld by CWC. We are also privileged to be associated with the making of the film and the documentary.
In the documentary, director Ashwathi Rajakrishnan revisits its making from a cultural, social and political perspective. The documentary will be released on 16th February 2019 at 6 PM at the Alliance Française de Bangalore. Do join us for the screening.
About Samskara:
Samskara (English title: Funeral Rites) is a 1970 Indian Kannada-language film written by U. R. Ananthamurthy based on his novel of the same name, and directed and produced by Pattabhirama Reddy. It was indeed a path-breaking venture and has pioneered the parallel cinema movement in Kannada.
Samskara garnered the President’s Gold Medal for the National Award for Best Feature Film 1971, the Dada Saheb Phalke Award for Best Direction 1971 and the Bronze Leopard Locarno Film Festival 1972 among others among. Samskara was initially banned by the Madras Censor Board before being revoked by the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting because it was felt that the strong anti-caste message being conveyed could spark tensions among the public. However, it was released later and went on to win awards at national and international levels.
The Concerned for Working Children:
The Concerned for Working Children is a not-for-profit secular, democratic development agency based in Bengaluru, India. We work in partnership with children and their communities; local governments; and national and international agencies to implement viable, comprehensive and appropriate solutions to address the various problems that children and their communities face and we are committed to empowering children and ensuring their democratic participation in all matters that affect them. Our field programmes in Karnataka cover rural and urban areas in Bangalore, Kundapur Taluk, Bellary district and elsewhere. We have contributed extensively to policy debates on child labour and children’s rights at the national and international level. For more details, please visit http://www.concernedforworkingchildren.org
Cast and Crew of Samskara at the event:
Dr Girish Karnad, Pandit Rajeev Taranatha, Sri SG Vasudev, Smt. Esther Ananthmurthy, Smt. Bhargavi Narayan, Sri B R Jayaram, Smt. Lakshmi Krishnamurthy, Smt. Yamuna Prabhu, Smt. Visalam Eakambaram and Sri. Chinna Burra will be present at the event. Please join us in a session of conversation with them. Ms Nandana Reddy, daughter of Sri. Pattabhi Rama Reddy and Smt. Snehalata Reddy, who anchored the making of the documentary, will also be present at the event.
Please find more details on our Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/322879495101211/
