- Country: India
- Genres: Drama, Thriller
- Release:
- Director: Goutam Ghose
- Writers: N/A
- Language: Hindi
- Stars: Mohan Agashe , Kalyan Chatterjee , Vasant Choudhury , Sujal Roy Chowdhury , Aloke Das , Gobind Ganguly , Promode Ganguly , Rabi Ghosh , Shampa Ghosh , Rajkumar Lahiri
- Runtime: 123 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Maha Yatra (India)
- Plot: In 1829 Viceroy Bentinick bans the social evil of sati in India, however, the practice is continued without any check. In Bengal a very ill, elderly man, on his deathbed, Shankarnarayan, is prepared to be taken to the crematorium. After the procession reachs the crematorium grounds, they find that he still has life left in him. The priest presiding decides to favor a friend, and asks him to marry his young daughter to this ailing old man, to which the friend readily agrees. The reluctant, yet willing, young girl, Yashumati, is prepared for marriage, and taken in procession to the crematorium grounds and married to the old man, knowing fully well that he has only a few days left to live, and after his death she must burn herself alive.
- IMDB:tt0214903
Maha Yatra Cast
Goutam Ghose
Director
Mohan Agashe
Ved Maharaj
Kalyan Chatterjee
Vasant Choudhury
Sujal Roy Chowdhury
Aloke Das
Gobind Ganguly
Promode Ganguly
Rabi Ghosh
Shampa Ghosh
Yashumati
Rajkumar Lahiri