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Devi = The Goddess

In Goddess (originally titled 'Devi'), Doyamoyee is left alone with her husband's ageing father-in-law, a devoted follower of the goddess Kali. One evening, the aging widower she cares for has a dream that she is an avatar of Kali, and must be worshipped. Word spreads, and others come to believe that she is an incarnation of the deity. Hearing this alarming news, her husband, Umprasad, returns only to find Doyamoyee herself beginning to believe that she is an avatar; a belief which soon turns to tragedy.

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  • "Godess (Motion picture)"
  • "Goddess"
  • "Goddess"@en
  • "Devi"
  • "Devi, the goddess"

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  • "Set in India around the 1830s, the story involves the conflict between orthodox and progressive Hindu religions. A young wife in a wealthy Indian household is deified by her father-in-law who has seen her in a dream as the goddess Durga (Kali). The city soon learns of her imposed divinity and she is set up as an idol for worship. She then begins to believe in her immortality and the tension between her duty to the father-in-law's devotion and to her husband's pleas to leave the city soon drive her mad."
  • "The story of a rich household in 19th century India divided over religion. A young childlike wife is singled out and treated as a living diety due to her father-in-law's vision. Her husband believes his father to be a fanatic, tries to take her away, but finds her becoming convinced of her immortality. When a child dies who is brought to her, her husband tries again to persuade her, but she has now gone mad."
  • "While his son is away at university, a farmer persuades his daughter-in-law that she is a goddess, and the events which follow, including the death of her son, are too much for her reason."
  • "The father-in-law of Daya, a ravishingly beautiful young Bengalese girl, becomes convinced that she is a reincarnation of the Hindu goddess Kali. As a result, Daya is then pressured into submitting to a worship that she is powerless to control."
  • "The story of a rich household in 19th century India divided over religion. A young childlike wife is singled out and treated as a living deity due to her father-in-law's vision. Her husband believes his father to be a fanatic, tries to take her away, but finds her becoming convinced of her immortality. When a child dies who is brought to her, her husband tries again to persuade her, but she has now gone mad."
  • "While his son is away at university, a farmer convinces his daughter-in-law that she is a goddess, and the events which follow, including the death of her son, are too much for her reason."
  • "A superstitious father-in-law, a feudal lord, suddenly starts believing after a dream that his young daughter-in-law is an incarnation of the Hindu Goddess Kali. She is worshipped and expected to deliver impossible cures and magic blessings for sick and poor people. Her husband lives in the city unaware of all this, and when he returns, he finds his wife mentally imbalanced who just disappears that day."
  • "The story of a rich household in 19th century India divided over religion. A young childlike wife is singled out and treated as a living diety due to her father-in-law's vision. Her husband believes his father to be a fanatic and tries to take her away, but finds her convinced of her immortality. When a child dies who is brought to her, her husband again tries to persuade her, but she has now gone mad."
  • "In Goddess (originally titled 'Devi'), Doyamoyee is left alone with her husband's ageing father-in-law, a devoted follower of the goddess Kali. One evening, the aging widower she cares for has a dream that she is an avatar of Kali, and must be worshipped. Word spreads, and others come to believe that she is an incarnation of the deity. Hearing this alarming news, her husband, Umprasad, returns only to find Doyamoyee herself beginning to believe that she is an avatar; a belief which soon turns to tragedy."@en
  • "While a young man is away studying for his exams, his father persuades the man's wife she is an incarnation of Kali. Between the stresses of her husband who wants to take her away, her father-in-law's ferverent faith and the seeming miracle cures she performs, her sanity is threatened. When her own son dies for lack of medical care, she loses touch with reality and comes to believe she is Kali."

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  • "Film adaptations"
  • "Video recordings"
  • "Feature films"
  • "Videotapes"
  • "Drama"
  • "Drama"@en
  • "Fiction films"
  • "Foreign language films"
  • "Motion pictures, Indic"
  • "Religious films"

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  • "Devi (Motion picture)"
  • "Devi (The goddess)"
  • "Devi Devi, the goddess"
  • "Devi The goddess"
  • "Devi, the goddess"
  • "Devi (Motion picture : 1960)"
  • "Devi"
  • "DebÄ« The goddess"
  • "Devi Goddess"
  • "Devi The Goddess"
  • "Devi the goddess"
  • "Devi = The Goddess"@en

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