Tarpan (film)

Tarpan
Tarpan
Directed by	K. Bikram Singh
Written by	Neelabh ; K. Bikram Singh
Produced by	NFDC; Doordarshan
Starring	Om Puri; Revathy; Dina Pathak; Manohar Singh; Mita Vashisht
Cinematography	Venu
Edited by	Renu Saluja
Music by	Rajat Dholakia
Release date	1994;
Running time	140 min
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Tarpan (English title: The Absolution^[1]) was a 1994 Indian Hindi drama film written and directed by K. Bikram Singh, and starring Om Puri, Revathy, Dina Pathak, Manohar Singh and Mita Vashisht in lead roles. This directorial debut film was jointly produced by NFDC and Doordarshan.^[2] The film set in the 1940s, in a fictitious village in the Shekhavati region in Rajasthan, where no girl child survives beyond the age of seven. It deals with larger issues of communalism and caste system through four inter-related stories.^[2]^[3]

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Tarpan New York Times.
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"Tarpan". NFDC, Cinemas of India. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
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"Tarpan: Cast and Synopsis". Retrieved 30 September 2013.
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"K. BIKRAM SINGH". Public Service Broadcasting Trust. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.

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