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Kahi Debe Sandes

The film that started it all.

1965·Drama, Historical, Rural Life·2h 2m
7.6(412 ratings)

Shot largely on location with a cast of first-time performers, this modest production is remembered today as the first Chhattisgarhi-language feature film. It follows a message carried across two villages during a season of drought, and the quiet obligations that complicate its delivery. Little of the original negative survives; most modern prints are reconstructed from a single 16mm archival copy.

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Credits

Director

Manu Nayak

Writer

Manu Nayak

Cast

RB

Ram Bhajan Yadav

Sukhram

MS

Meena Sinha

Bindiya

Songs

The soundtrack of Kahi Debe Sandes.

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Sandes Bheja Hai

Ram Bhajan Yadav

3:34

Videos

Trailers, interviews and behind-the-scenes.

2:09

Kahi Debe Sandes — Official Trailer

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Did You Know

  • • Considered the founding film of the Chhattisgarhi film industry.
  • • Most surviving prints are restorations from a single archival negative.