Vara: A Blessing

Story

Synopsis

In a small Indian village, Lila is learning to dance from her mother, Devadasi, a Bharatanatyam dancer. She falls in love with low class Shyam, who dreams of becoming a sculptor. Shyam asks Lila to model for him as he sculpts a goddess, and the two become very close. However, their relationship is discovered by the village chief Subha, and Lila decides to sacrifice her happiness for her mother and Shyam.

Director

Khyentse Norbu

Writers

Sunil Gangopadhyay, Khyentse Norbu

Language

English

Country

Bhutan, France, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, United States of America

Release date

5 June 2014

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Shahana Goswami

  Lila

• 

  Devesh Ranjan

  Shyam

• 

  Swaroopa Ghosh

  Jyoti

• Mohamed Adamaly

  Ali

• Rohit Raj

  Subha

• 

  Ruvin De Silva

  Raju

• Yashodha Suriyapperuma

  Basu

• Chinthaka Fernando

  Kasim

• 

  Parakrama Jayasinghe

  Khan