Kaya Taran
Encyclopedia
Kaya Taran (2004) is a highly-acclaimed film directed by Sashi Kumar
based on Malayalam short story When Big Tree Falls
by N.S. Madhavan .
woman and her young son who have taken shelter in a nunnery in Meerut during the 1984 Anti-Sikh riots
.
It starred Seema Biswas
as Sister Agatha and Angad Bedi
as Preet.
K. Sasikumar
Sashi Kumar is a prominent media personality,from Kerala, India. He was the founder of India’s first regional satellite TV channel Asianet. He founded and chairs the Media Development Foundation, the not for profit public trust which set up and runs the prestigious Asian College of Journalism in...
based on Malayalam short story When Big Tree Falls
When Big Tree Falls
When Big Tree Falls is a short story by acclaimed Malayalam author N. S. Madhavan, adapted into an award winning feature film Kaya Taran by director Sashi Kumar....
by N.S. Madhavan .
Plot
The plot for Kaya Taran revolves around a SikhSikh
A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...
woman and her young son who have taken shelter in a nunnery in Meerut during the 1984 Anti-Sikh riots
1984 anti-Sikh riots
The 1984 Anti-Sikh pogroms / riots or the 1984 Sikh Massacre was a sikh genocide there was four days of violence in northern India, particularly Delhi, during which armed mobs killed Sikhs, looted and set fire to Sikh homes, businesses and schools, and attacked gurdwaras, in response to the...
.
It starred Seema Biswas
Seema Biswas
Seema Biswas is an Indian film and theatre actress from Assam who shot into prominence with the role of Phoolan Devi in Shekhar Kapur's film Bandit Queen . She has a reputation for performing strong character roles.Biswas won the 1996 National Film Award for Best Actress for her role in the film...
as Sister Agatha and Angad Bedi
Angad Bedi
Angad Singh Bedi is an Indian actor, model, and a cricketer for Delhi. He bats right-handed, and his bowling style is slow left-arm orthodox.-Career:...
as Preet.
External links
- Official Web site of Kaya Taran* Review on The HinduThe HinduThe Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded and continuously published in Chennai since 1878. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 1.46 million copies as of December 2009. The enterprise employed over 1,600 workers and gross income reached $40...
- Profile of N. S. Madhavan