Giddh

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Giddh | image = | alt = | caption = | director = T.S. Ranga | producer = T.S. Ranga | writer = T.S. Ranga (Story & Screenplay) <br /> Vasant Dev (dialogues) | narrator = | starring = Smita Patil <br />Om Puri <br /> Nana Patekar | music = B.V. Karanth<br />Vasant Dev (lyrics) | cinematography = | editing = Aruna-Vikas | studio = | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1984|07|09}} <ref name="i609">{{cite web | title=Giddh: The Vulture Movie| website=The Times of India | date=1984-07-09 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-details/giddh-the-vulture/movieshow/61326821.cms | access-date=2026-05-24}}</ref> | runtime = 1 hr. 53 min. | country = India | language = Hindi | budget = | gross = }} '''''Giddh''''' (The Vultures) is a 1984 Hindi film directed by T.S. Ranga starring Smita Patil, Om Puri and Nana Patekar among others.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indiancine.ma/YOC/info|publisher=Indian Cine.ma: Online Archive of Indian Film|title=Giddh|accessdate=10 July 2015}}</ref> At the 32nd National Film Awards, the film won the Special Jury Award for "in-depth depiction of the helplessness of people struggling against the ''Devadasi'' tradition."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm32ndNFAAward.aspx|title=32nd National Film Festival-1985|publisher=International Film Festival of India|accessdate=10 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926054317/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm32ndNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=26 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="32ndawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/32nd_nff_1985.pdf|title=32nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=6 January 2012|archive-date=29 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203732/http://dff.nic.in/2011/32nd_nff_1985.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Film's music is given by B.V. Karanth with lyrics by Vasant Dev, and features songs like ''Yellamma Yellamma'' and ''Main Nadiya Ban Jaoon'' sung by Ila Arun and Devaki Pandit.<ref name="e643">{{cite web | title=Giddh (The Vultures) | website=Writer Sunita | date=2026-05-15 | url=https://sunitafilmbloc.movie.blog/2026/05/15/giddh-the-vultures/ | access-date=2026-05-24}}</ref>

==Plot== In a remote village at Karnataka-Maharashtra border in India, due to a ridden with superstition, the poor residents follow ''Devadasi'' tradition, according to which young girls are given up by their families, in the service of Goddess Yellamma. The landlords, priests and other men take advantage of these young girls and pimps like Veerapppan take them to brothels in Bombay. Bhashya, a labourer, and his wife Hanumi lead an attempt at awakening against the practice by deciding to save Laksmi from becoming a ''Devadasi'' with the help of Masterji, going against the powerful feudal lord Desai. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://parallelcinema.blogspot.in/2005/08/giddh-1984-vultures.html|title=Alternate Movies|publisher=Parallel Cinema|accessdate=10 July 2015}}</ref>

==Cast== {{cast listing| *Smita Patil as Hanumi *Om Puri as Basya *Nana Patekar as Veerappan *Achyut Potdar as Desai * Gopi Desai as Sundari * Savita Bajaj as Sundri * Vikas Desai as Patil * Vijay Kashyap as Katra *M. K. Raina as Masterji * Naseeruddin Shah as Politician (Special Appearance) *S. Sathyendra as Veerappan's friend (uncredited)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/meet-mr-versatile/article3198308.ece|title=Meet Mr. Versatile|work=The Hindu|date=23 March 2012|access-date=30 October 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216033702/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/meet-mr-versatile/article3198308.ece|archive-date=16 December 2023}}</ref> }}

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0260928|Giddh}} *{{Rotten Tomatoes|giddh}}

Category:1984 Hindi-language films Category:1984 Indian films Category:1984 films Category:Films about prostitution in India Category:Films scored by B. V. Karanth