Sanskar

Pitambar Mahajan is a wealthy, childless man whose wife has long been bedridden with an incurable illness. Anxious that his line will end, he begins a secret relationship, arranged with the help of the priest Krishnakanta, with Damayanti, a poor Brahmin widow who already has a child. When she becomes pregnant, he hopes to give both the relationship and the unborn child social standing by marrying her.

His hope does not last. Damayanti, though poor, is a Brahmin's daughter and cannot reconcile herself to carrying the child of a Shudra. She terminates the pregnancy and buries the fetus in her garden. Grieving the loss of his dream, Pitambar goes out at night and starts digging up the spot, wanting to touch what was buried there.

The film was made by S B Pictures and directed by Ranjit Das, who also shared dialogue credits with Amulya Kakati and Kabin Saud. Sound recording was by Bapi Sengupta and re-recording by Hitendra Ghosh. Music was composed by Sher Choudhury. Bishnu Kharghoria and Purabi Sharma played the lead roles.

At the 1999 Assam State Film Awards the film won three prizes: Best Actor for Bishnu Kharghoria, Best Playback Singer for Pulak Banerjee, and Best Editing for Ranjit Das. It was also shown at the Kolkata film festival.

Because it was not released in cinemas, the film reached the public late. Six years after its making, the Guwahati Cine Club, led by Harekrishna Deka, held its first public screening in Guwahati in 2003. It was later broadcast on Doordarshan's national channel.