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  • "Set in 19th century Bengal. Uma, a mute, is an orphan who lives with her uncle. While she has a good chance of finding a husband, her horoscope indicates that he would die soon after marrying her. So, she is married off to a Banyan tree. Uma is raped and becomes pregnant by the village school teacher and is treated as an outcast by the women in the house. During a fierce storm, Uma takes refuge under her husband tree -- the next morning both she and part of the tree are dead."
  • "This is a social drama dealing with poverty, love, and affection in a society dominated by caste."
  • "Set in the 19th century, Uma is a young girl from a Brahmin family who is an orphan living with her uncle. She is mute and has a horoscope that predicts her husband's untimely death. In short, she can't be married off. In order to overcome the stigma of an unmarried girl in the family, she is married to a tree. Uma is mistreated by all. She is seduced by the village schoolteacher and becomes pregnant, leading to greater humiliation. Throughout it all, the tree becomes her companion and a bond develops between the two mute creatures. Ultimately, it is the tree that gives Uma dignity in her death."
  • "The film is set in nineteenth-century Bengal where superstitions and orthodox religious practices are still the order of the day."
  • "The young Brahmin girl (Shabana Azmi) in this story has a disastrous horoscope. In an Indian village in 1828, this can be a real handicap. The fact that she is mute only compounds her difficulties. Her horoscope predicts that she will become a widow at an early age. If this turns out as predicted, in addition to being bad luck for her prospective husbands, it is bad luck for her, as she will, according to the customs of the time, have to commit suttee, sati. That means she will have to be burned alive on her husband's funeral pyre. To avoid this fate, her family has hit upon the appealing strategem of having her marry a banyan tree."

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  • "Feature"
  • "DVD-videodisc"
  • "Motion pictures"
  • "Feature films"
  • "Drama"
  • "Motion picture, Bengali"
  • "Drama, Bengali"
  • "Fiction films"

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