Debshishu

{{Short description|1985 film by Utpalendu Chakrabarty}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Debshishu

| image = Debshishu poster.jpg

| caption = Promotional Poster

| director = Utpalendu Chakrabarty

| starring = Smita Patil
Om Puri
Rohini Hattangadi
Sadhu Meher

| producer = NFDC

| music =

| editing =

| released = {{Film date|1985}}

| runtime = 1 hour 40 min

| country = India

| language = Hindi

| budget =

}}

Debshishu (transl. Lord's children) is a 1985 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Utpalendu Chakrabarty, starring Smita Patil and Om Puri. The film is an NFDC production,{{Cite book |last=Arunachalam |first=Param |title=BollySwar: 1981–1990 |publisher=Mavrix Infotech |year=2020 |isbn=9788193848227 |pages=553}} and Patil worked without remuneration.{{Cite news |last=Ray |first=Kunal |date=2015-10-17 |title='Smita struggled with curious contradictions' |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/literary-review/maithili-rao-speaks-with-kunal-ray-about-smita-patil-a-brief-incandescence/article7769651.ece |access-date=2022-03-09 |issn=0971-751X}}

Plot

An illiterate man and his wife live life on the road after their village was destroyed by a flood. When the man's wife gives birth to a deformed baby, proclaimed to be a 'child of the devil' by the local pundit (Hindu priest) who forces them to abandon the infant and exiles them from the community. The couple's journey then takes them on a series of bizarre and heart-breaking revelations.

Cast

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