Shudra: The Rising

Shudra: The Rising is a Hindi-language film with a storyline based on the caste system in ancient India, and more specifically the Hindu Varna system. It is directed by Sanjiv Jaiswal and dedicated to B. R. Ambedkar.

Shudra: The Rising
A Poster of Shudra — The Rising
Directed bySanjiv Jaiswal
Produced bySanjiv Jaiswal
Written bySanjiv Jaiswal (story & dialogue)
StarringShree Dhar Dubey
Kirran Sharad
Praveen Baby
Music byJaan Nissar Lone
CinematographyPratik Deora
Edited byKrishan shukla
Running time
120 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Most of the movie was shot in the jungles on the outskirts of Lucknow.[1]

Plot

Shudra: The Rising is set in the time of the Indus Valley Civilization and has a storyline that concerns the caste system of ancient India.

The film depicts the four basic units of the caste system - the Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and the Shudras. The initial part narrates the invasion of the people of west Asia to India. They were of the Aryan race and they take over the local tribe and start controlling them. Finally a learned scholar, Manu Rishi, creates a caste system which classifies the local population as Shudras, who then suffer from cruel social rules. They are suppressed and exploited at every level of their lives by the upper caste people. The film shows various rules imposed on the Shudras such as walking with a bell around their ankles and a long leaf behind their back, and a pot hanging around their neck.

Reception

In October 2012, two Hindutva organisations - Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrag Dal - demanded that the film not be shown. They claimed that its portrayal would foment rivalry between castes and that its depiction of events was anachronistic.[2]

References
  1. http://mobiletoi.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=38&sectid=edid=&edlabel=CAP&mydateHid=18-09-2012&pubname=Times+of+India+-+Delhi&edname=&articleid=Ar03800&publabel=TOI
  2. Ashish Tripathi, TNN 13 Oct 2012, 07.46PM IST (13 October 2012). "Saffron brigade demands ban on movie 'Shudra-The Rising' - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 12 November 2012.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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