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Martin Scorsese, George Lucas Team With Film Heritage Foundation to Restore Indian Classic ‘Ghatashraddha’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Martin Scorsese, George Lucas and the Film Heritage Foundation have partnered to restore Girish Kasaravalli's seminal Indian film 'Ghatashraddha.'
Seduced and made pregnant by the teacher of the local government school, Yamuna attempts suicide but is rescued by a young student of her father’s with whom she has a deep affection. The filmmaker is one of the pioneers of India’s parallel cinema movement and notable works include “Tabarana Kathe” (1987), “Bannada Vesha” (1988), “Mane” (1990), “Thaayi Saheba” (1997), “Dweepa” (2002), “Hasina” (2004), “Gulabi Talkies” (2008), “Kanasemba Kudureyaneri” (2010) and “Koormavatara” (2012). “I would also like to give my sincere thanks to Mr. Shivendra Singh Dungarpur of Film Heritage Foundation who not only did put forward the proposal for restoration but also pursued it to its logical conclusion.
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