Triyacharitra?
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| Original title | Triyacharitra? (त्रियाचरित्र?) |
| Country of production | India |
| original language | Hindi |
| Publishing year | 1994 |
| length | 122 minutes |
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| Director | Basu Chatterjee |
| script | Basu Chatterjee |
| production | Ravi Malik for National Film Development Corporation and Doordarshan |
| music | Salil Choudhury |
| camera | Ajay Prabhakar |
| cut | Kamal Saigal |
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Triyacharitra? ( Hindi त्रियाचरित्र triyācaritra ; roughly: The character of a woman ) is an Indian feature film by Basu Chatterjee from 1994. It was based on a story by Shivmurti .
action
Bimli grows up with her poor parents, whom she married at the age of eight . The now 18-year-old takes care of her as best she can and has been earning a family living as a cook in a brick kiln since she was ten years old. There she made friends with a much older truck driver who regularly came by. Besides this, the distillery supervisor Kuisa Mistry and the young tractor driver Billar also have their eyes on them. Bimli is the subject of public chatter.
The truck driver makes himself popular with Bimli's father with presents, but she rejects him when he reveals his affection and intention to marry. From her early marriage she feels obliged and bound to her unknown husband , who works as a day laborer in Calcutta . After Billar's older sister also solicits Bimli's mother to marry her brother, Bimli's parents agree to remarry. But Bimli does not want to be hawked and holds on to the already existing marriage.
Because of the dishonorable circumstances, Bisram, the father of Bimli's child husband Sitaram, brings her to his house. From the beginning she is exposed to the lustful looks of the man who lives alone. The traditional respect for her father-in-law forbids her to defend herself against it. The situation of Bisram with his daughter-in-law alone in a house arouses suspicion in the village. The men think Bisram should sleep outside and the village women are suspicious of the intentions of the well-known Bisram.
Bisram's assaults are becoming more evident every day, revealing his sexual intentions. Bimli can only keep him away with a knife. For a good appearance he sleeps in front of the house and plays the remorseful “wolf in sheep's clothing” in front of Bimli. He now visits the temple regularly and purges it, so that Bimli can only tell the curious village women good things about him.
With an opium offset drink Bisram Bimli makes military incompetent and passes on to her. When she comes to she is naked. She realizes what is happening as she withdrew from her three admirers and practically plunged into her own misery. That night she packs her things and goes to the train station to take the next train to Calcutta for Sitaram. Bisram had gone to sleep at the temple, only to be discovered there by the priest, to whom he told a story of religious inspiration.
When he returns to his house early, Bimli is no longer there. Bisram prepares the house and yard and digs a hole in the floor. Then he mobilizes the village. He claims that Bimli dug up the family jewelry and money, stole them and fled with her lover. His story immediately convinced those present; Bimli had already earned a bad reputation through her admirers. She waits at the train station and gets on the train, but is dragged out of the departing train by the villagers' search party. When brought to the village, Bisram repeats his accusations against her in front of everyone. The Sarpanch Bodhan Mahto summons the village of panchayat to decide Bimli's fate as quickly as possible. Bimli insults Bisram as a pig and a pig.
In the evening, Bisram recites his version of the story in front of the Panchayat (village council); In her interrogation, Bimli rejects the allegations and accuses Bisram of rape. Bisram cites the priest as his witness for exoneration. Then Bodhan Mahto explains the decision of the village council; he is convinced of Bisram's version. Those in attendance discuss the correct punishment, but Bodhan Mahto orders Bimli to brand and draw for her life with a glowing iron rod in the place of the mark of marriage . Bisram is supposed to carry out the sentence to atone for his failure to take care of his daughter-in-law.
A single woman from the village stands up and denounces what is happening. Bimli tries in vain to flee, but Bisram carries out the sentence.
background
The film begins with Bimli's unsuccessful escape to Calcutta and the trumped-up accusations of Bisram until the decision to convene the village council. Then the story is told in flashbacks during the investigation of the case before the court of the village council.
Yogesh wrote the lyrics of the only two film songs Ho Aaya Dekho Re and Rovat Hai Naina to the music of Salil Choudhury . The production designer for the film was Jadab Bhattacharya .
Web links
- Triyacharitra? in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Triyacharitra NFDC
Individual evidence
- ↑ Playing time of the NFDC-DVD