Vamsha Vriksha

Vamsha Vriksha The genalogy tree, is a 1972 Indian Kannadalanguage film directed by B. V. Karanth and Girish Karnad, based on S. L. Bhyrappas novel of the same name. The film won the National Film Awards for Best Direction. It also won the three Filmfare Awardsouth in 1972. Vamsha Vriksha marked the film debut of actor Vishnuvardhan and actress, Uma Shivakumar. The film was later remade into Telugu as Vamsa Vruksham, starring Anil Kapoor

Simultaneously, Sadashiva Rao embarks on a massive fivevolume project that would detail the cultural history of India from the days of the Indus Valley Civilisation to present times. With an initial grant from Shrothri of Rs. 1,000 and funding from the Maharaja of Mysore, Sadashiva Rao embarks on a tour of India to visit various libraries, monuments, and archives to conduct his research. During his visit to Ajanta, he meets with a Sinhalese couple and their daughter, Karunaratne, a historian of Buddhism from Cambridge. Rao is enchanted by the womans sharp mind and dedication to her research, and invites her to continue her studies at his university. Ratne takes Rao up on his offer as she has some admiration for his work, and over the course of her doctoral degree and work with him as his research assistant, falls in love with him.Sadashiva Rao, already married to Nagalakshmi, is concerned that society will see his interaction with Ratne, which by now had become quite informal, as improper. He is also frustrated with his wife for not being able to take part in his intellectual life, which was all that mattered to him. Rao offers to marry Ratne despite his earlier marriage and live in a bigamous relationship. Ratne is hesitant at first, but only for a short while. She agrees, and the two get married. Needless to say, Nagalakshmi, a dutiful and loving wife, is devastated. Around the same time, Raos younger brother, Raja Rao marries Kathyayani. The widow wrestles with the notion of remarriage, especially as she is aware of the dishonour it will bring to the Shrothri family, but ultimately gives in to the material pleasures of a married life. Unable to face her dharmic fatherinlaw, she writes him a letter and departs from the house with just the clothes on her back. The Shrothri family is shocked, even more so as Kathyayani has abandoned even her fouryearold son for Raja Rao, but Shrothri goads them back to some level of equanimity after the catastrophe. ........

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