Sarvasakshi

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{{Infobox film

| name = Sarvasakshi

| image = Sarvasakshi poster.jpg

| caption = Poster

| director = Ramdas Phutane

| producer =

| writer = Ramdas Phutane

| starring = Smita Patil
Jairam Hardikar
Anjali Paigankar

| music = Bhaskar Chandavarkar

| cinematography = Sharad Navle

| editing =

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1978}}

| runtime = 135 minutes

| country = India

| language = Marathi

| budget =

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Sarvasakshi ({{Translation|Omniscient}}) is a 1978 Indian Marathi-language film directed by Ramdas Phutane with Smita Patil, Anjali Paigankar and Jairam Hardikar in the lead roles. The black-and-white film was a debut feature of Phutane, a former journalist, art teacher, poet and actor, inaugurating New Indian Cinema productions in Marathi.{{cite web |url=https://indiancine.ma/TJX/info |title=Sarvasakshi |access-date=30 July 2015|publisher=Indian Cinema}} The film deals with the theme of superstitions of the old India colliding with the medical advancements of the modern world.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/161229/Sarvasakshi/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307112703/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/161229/Sarvasakshi/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 March 2016 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide |author=Dan Pavlides |date=2016 |title=Sarvasakshi |access-date=30 July 2015}}

Plot

Ravi, a progressive schoolteacher in a small village helps fight an epidemic by getting his students inoculated. He incurs the wrath of local witchdoctor in the process. The witchdoctor gets his chance for revenge when Rekha, the pregnant wife of Ravi comes to him after the death of their child. He demands a human sacrifice. While Rekha dies in childbirth, Ravi is accused of superstitious activity and is ostracized by the villagers. He is, eventually cleared, however.{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywood.com/movies/sarvasakshi-59152922/|publisher=Hollywood.com|title=Sarvasakshi (1978)|access-date=30 July 2015}}{{cite book|last=Paietta|first= Anne C. |title=Teachers in the Movies|date= 7 August 2007 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lic8BQAAQBAJ&q=anjali+paigankar+sarvasakshi&pg=PA168|access-date=30 July 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-2938-7|pages=168–}}

Cast

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