The Rite, a Passion

Year: 2002

Runtime: 89 mins

Language: Telugu

Director: K.N.T. Sastry

Drama

The film pits traditional religious values against modern extremism. Subbaiah Sastry, once a revered Vedic scholar, now survives as a corpse carrier, shunned by Hyderabad neighbors for performing the lowly Tiladaanam rite—accepting the dead’s sins for a coin. His son Raghuram has turned terrorist, pursued by police, creating a stark clash between an outdated system and an uncertain future.

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