Vara : A Blessing (2013)
1h 36m
Running Time
October 15, 2013Release Date
Vara : A Blessing (2013)
1h 36m
Running Time
October 15, 2013Release Date
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Plot.
In a small Indian village, Lila is learning to dance from her mother, Devadasi, a Bharatanatyam dancer. She falls in love with low class Shyam, who dreams of becoming a sculptor. Shyam asks Lila to model for him as he sculpts a goddess, and the two become very close. However, their relationship is discovered by the village chief Subha, and Lila decides to sacrifice her happiness for her mother and Shyam.
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Cast & Crew.
Shahana Goswami
Lila
Swaroopa Ghosh
Jyoti
Devesh Ranjan
Shyam
Rohit Raj
Subha
Ruvin De Silva
Raju
Mohamed Adamaly
Ali
Yashodha Suriyapperuma
Basu
Chinthaka Fernando
Kasim
Jeremy Thomas
Executive Producer
Dilip Shankar
Casting
Khyentse Norbu
Director
John Scott
Editor
Sunil Gangopadhyay
Writer
nanette nelms
Producer
Nitin Sawhney
Composer
Bradford Young
Cinematographer
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Vara: A Blessing is a 2013 English drama film directed by Khyentse Norbu and starring Shahana Goswami, Devesh Ranjan, Mohamed Adamaly and Rohit Raj. It is first English-language feature film by Bhutanese film director, after The Cup (1999) and Travellers and Magicians (2003). Based on a Bengali short story Rakta Aar Kanna (Blood and Tears) by Sunil Gangopadhyay, about the daughter of a devadasi, who falls in love with a Muslim sculptor. It was the opening film of 2013 Busan International Film Festival, where it received good reviews.