Vishnupant Pagnis
Actor · 1892 – 1943
Movies4
Movie7.1DramaThis classic film chronicles the life of Tukaram (17th C.), one of Maharashtra’s most popular saint poets, activating the 20th century resonances of his turning away from courtly Sanskrit towards vernacular rhythms of religious poetry.
Sant Tukaram
1936 · 12 votes
Movie7.0History1940 Hindi film
Narsi Bhagat
1940 · 1 votes
- Movie9.0
Directed by Baburao Painter.
Surekha Haran
1921 · 1 votes
Movie10.0Big-budget miracle-laden saint film on Tulsidas (16th C). who rewrote Valmiki's 'Ramayana' in Hindi. To the despair of his teacher Narahari Guru, who hopes that Tulsidas will make the classic text accessible to the people, the poet spends time with his beloved wife Ratnavali. The dramatic pivot of the story comes when Tulsidas discovers his life's vocation amid howling wind and a river in spate. He becomes an ascetic and settles down in Benares where his translation threatens the brahmanical clergy, until then sole proprietors of the wisdom of the Sanskrit text.