indian period drama film directed produced film stars based short story film depicts tumultuous events family set film commercial success got critical acclaim direction screenplay performances actors especially portrayal head family short story adapted play actor director playing lead desires film based attempts successful went play lead cinematic adaptation story seen play came story requested complete adapted screenplay approached film story shooting completed days december released occasion centenary indian cinema film won awards release including best film award 11th international film festival film home media release blu ray success hindi tamil remake directed leads plot head family lives village wife children younger brother widowed aunt arranges marriage pre girl renamed marriage dies marriage performs death rituals symbolic spirit deceased refuse touch offerings offering food crow touches offerings community village widow head shaved ritual opposes allow rituals performed widow stands difficulties raise doubts intentions including wife years later diagnosed terminal disease grown played takes charge household dies realises mistakes requests marry readily refuses meantime gets son married finds sitting outside room newly married couple listening playful disgusted behaviour starts avoiding upset behaviour tries talk heart friend requests find reason coincidentally relations unaware reason changed behaviour starts staying health starts requests sister talk frustrated loss life opens heart situation raises questions relation decides fast family member request quit left option explains behaviour reveals performing death rituals offerings accepted crow long time took let man touch allow practised rituals head performed declined request marriage learned started loving stopped talking spite love eventually accepts loves marry breaking knowing truth agrees proposal finds dead realises sacrificed life love want break cast production development based short story written play premiered december actor director role play tried making film based story successful seen play came story showed story screenplay writer film developed complete adapted screenplay story length pages later approached film story busy projects plan film said heard story time considered better indian love stories like wait story said took years film casting finished projects decided start signed portray lead role director said cast best pull earlier signed actress play role actress declined join schedule moment forced look alternative wife small role debut film comeback film written working producer approached play role worked mentioned desired play lead role film couldn start planned planned film called got married meantime seen national award winning film impressed teen aged character played decided cast young cast play role widowed aunt head prepare role insisted film cast including head roles avoid wearing prosthetic bald patch filming shot real locations sets mainly shot village near film story line set concerned authentic production design film appointed production designers challenges depicting pre post indian independence era worked earlier shooting completed days starting december till december initial shooting scheduled started film scenes surrounding temple temples region restored damages period time feared repair damages desired authentic feel film schedule shifted krishna director believed mansion shown film plays major character certain finding appropriate mansion difficult job production designing team searched location electrical major obstacle shooting electricity finally introduced mansion owned near suited period final schedule film carried soundtrack soundtrack film composed music director duo popularly known poet actor written lyrics songs period film set soundtrack mainly consists traditional songs form type stanza poetry voice compositions rendered songs musical accompaniment songs form decided use traditional musical format took help writer politician studied songs period depicted film introduced sister collection traditional situation songs requested write lyrics duo composed theme tracks song film soundtrack noted classical vocalist rendered song appreciated vocal won best singer female soundtrack use quoted poems written noted song narrated rendered film lead actors respectively arranged taking acting participated singing reality soundtrack released film release acclaimed bringing authentic subtle flavour period film appreciated writing lyrics suitably noted traditions followed women period reception released marked beginning 100th year indian cinema film received wide critical acclaim commercial success got critical acclaim direction screenplay performances actors especially portrayal head family cinematography music praised film said brought best director said expected hit expected landslide hit film noted strong script presented sensitive issue called best love story films marketed love story review noted film gone love story film said shown period accurately weekly magazine criticised film review saying actual film way different attractive said film costume designs flawed film shot indoor gives feeling viewers watching recorded theatre play remake success reported june planning remake hindi starring director readily clarified planning remake contact film remake later january announced hindi tamil remake directed starring portraying role seen wife originally played reprise role original playing older reported play friend play character originally played seen portraying negative character veteran bollywood actress portraying role widowed aunt played original music composed rendering tamil song wife guest appearance awards film won awards release 11th international film festival government best feature film award special jury award international cinema theatre awards film awards best actor male shared best background score screen awards best actress india film federation awards
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