Jayanti

Nov 26, 2021

2h 24m

★ 10.0

Festival of People's Rights

Overview

Santya is an aggressive young chap, who is a matter of worry and fear for his family. When an Adivasi woman from Santya's neighborhood is raped and murdered by an upper caste man, Santya must make the journey towards becoming an Ambedkarite, in order to emancipate himself and help his community get justice and prosper.

Genres

Drama

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Cast

Santya

Ruturaj Wankhede

Titeeksha Tawde

Vatsala

Anjali Jogalekar

MLA Gondane

Kishore Kadam

Dinesh Sathe

Pandharinath Kamble

Shambhu

Atul Mahale

Ashok Mali

Milind Shinde

Vikas Kukreja

Amar Upadhyay

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