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Giran(2025)
Status: Released
Date: 2025-03-10
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Time: 1h 37m
In Giran, Guna challenges the Mang community's blind traditions where alms end crises and illness is cured by God's embers. He ends superstition, releasing alms and idols into water, proving culture must be preserved, not blind faith.
Overview:
In the Mang community, the day after a Giran (eclipse) concludes with a unique tradition. A newlywed girl bathes at sunrise, visits a prominent villager's house, and donates as part of a ritual. Villagers, in turn, give her stale food and clothes, believing that such donations transfer their crises to the Mang society, ensuring the village's well-being. This practice is depicted in the story of Guna, an eight-year-old girl raised by her uncle after losing her parents. Married into the household of Babu Manga, her husband, Santaya, is an addict.
Languages: Marathi.
Countries:
India
ProductionCompanies:
Mohit Film Baramati
Kalptaru Films
Movie: Giran
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Overview
In the Mang community, the day after a Giran (eclipse) concludes with a unique tradition. A newlywed girl bathes at sunrise, visits a prominent villager's house, and donates as part of a ritual. Villagers, in turn, give her stale food and clothes, believing that such donations transfer their crises to the Mang society, ensuring the village's well-being. This practice is depicted in the story of Guna, an eight-year-old girl raised by her uncle after losing her parents. Married into the household of Babu Manga, her husband, Santaya, is an addict.
Release Date
2025-03-10
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In Giran, Guna challenges the Mang community's blind traditions where alms end crises and illness is cured by God's embers. He ends superstition, releasing alms and idols into water, proving culture must be preserved, not blind faith.
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