Shudra the Rising (2012)
Story of 25 million People
120 min
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 Bhim Rao Ambedkar. The film depicts the four basic units of the caste system - the Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and the Shudras. The film shows various rules imposed on the Shudras such as waking with a bell around their ankles and a long leaf behind their back,and a pot hanging around their neck.
- Release date
- October 19, 2012
- Country of origin
- India
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Cast
- Priya Annatram as Rati
- Pravin Baby as Charna
- Mahesh Balraj as Bheru
- Shabaj Baweja as Kartar Singh
- Anurag Shukla as Raja Thakur
- Shaji Chaudhary as Thakur
- Habib Azmi as Baba
- Shahbaz Baweja as (Kartar Singh)
- Ravinder Bhagat as Shudra
- Sattyam Chaunhan as Pandit
- Shreedhar Dubey as Badri
Crew
- Sanjiv Jaiswal · Director
- Sanjiv Jaiswal · Writer
- Noor Mani · Writer
- Sanjiv Jaiswal · Producer
- Jaan Nissar Lone · Composer
- Krishan Shukla · Editor
- Noor Mani · Casting director
- Yakup Pasha · Casting director