Anhe Ghore Da Daan
Anhe Ghore Da Daan is a 2011 Indian Punjabi-language film directed by Gurvinder Singh, based on the 1976 novel of the same name by Gurdial Singh. It portrays the plight and problems of Dalit farmers in Punjab and their conflict with the upper caste landlords. The film won National Awards for Best Direction, Cinematography and Best Feature Film in Punjabi at the 59th [National Film Awards] of India.
The film was shot in and around Bathinda in February and March 2011. The first part of Singh's Punjab Trilogy, it is followed by The Fourth Direction and Crescent Night''.
Plot
Both the novel and the movie derive their title from an ancient myth associated with the churning of the ocean, in which Vishnu had been less than fair in his dispensation to the Asuras, supposedly the progenitors of latter-day Dalits.The film is set in a village on the outskirts Bathinda city, where the Dalit villagers work in the fields of the local landlord. It is a village where Dalit people are trying hard to make peace with their existence. Daily rituals betray their simmering anger and their helplessness. The landlord has sold his plots to an industry that has demolished the house of one of the villagers who refuses to vacate it. The elderly farmer's son is a rickshaw puller in the nearby town. The rickshaw pullers have gone on a strike that has turned violent. Both father and son are equally clueless about their futures.
Cast
- Samuel John as Melu, the rickshaw puller
- Mal Singh as Father
- Sarbjeet Kaur as Dayalo
- Emmanuel Singh as Bhupi
- Kulvinder Kaur as Ballo, Melu's wife
- Lakha Singh as Lakha
- Gurvinder Makhna as Dulla
- Dharminder Kaur as Mother