Under the weekly film screenings a Hindi movie ‘Godam’ was screened here on Sunday at Abhirang Auditorium, Bharat Bhavan received a satisfactory response by the audience.
Released in the year 1983 the movie ‘Godam’ was directed by Dilip Chitre. Starring KK Raina, Satyadev Dubey and Trupti the movie has won the UNESCO award and has been a part of many film festivals across the world.
The film opens with a wedding procession followed by the ritual of sacrificing a sheep in invocation of God. A teenage bride, Yesu has been married to the mentally retarded person. On the night of the wedding, the father-in-law visits Yesu with wrong intentions and in the fight Yesu kills him. A frightened Yesu runs away and hides in an abandoned warehouse.
The very next day a new warehouse keeper Edekar and his attendant Dharma take charge of the warehouse. Yesu is discovered hiding behind some old bags of wheat. They feed her and let her stay for the night, but Edekar is afraid of giving refuge to the girl. As time passes, Dharma becomes friendly with her and develops a protective attitude. His head office decides to send truckloads of food grain to the warehouse. Scared Edekar asks Yesu to leave immediately and climax follows.
While talking to The Pioneer in-charge of film screening Narendra Rai said, “People enjoy such movies which are made once in the industry and leave a great impact over the audiences. ‘Godam’ is one of those movies as it shares the brilliant work of Trupti and Satyadev Dubey. The movie depicts the life of a young girl and her hardships.” He further said, “The film screenings is evoking a great response by the audiences and ‘Godam’ got a satisfactory response.”