Movie Details
Original Language:English
Sukanya Savitri
25 min
Plot
This film tells two independent stories from the Mahabharata The first part features the princess Savitri who stands by her husband the woodcutter Satyavan when he is marked by Yama the god of Death When Yama fulfills his prophecy and takes away Satyavans life Savitri pleads with him and eventually wins her husband back There are extraordinary scenes showing Savitris pleas with the god sitting astride a buffalo somewhere between heaven and earth intercut with shots of the couples idyllic life as Savitri tends to her blind parentsinlaw The second half narrates the legend of Sukanya the daughter of Sharyati Seeing a large anthill and unaware that it has been built over the meditating sage Chyvana she blinds the sage and in return is forced to marry him She tends to the old and decrepit man and he changes into a handsome youth
