Oka Oori Katha

Venkayya (Vasudeva Rao) and his son Kistayya (Narayana Rao) live in a village. Venkayya lives in a queer world of his own. They have learnt to conquer hunger and are mentally strong. They consider that the poor farmers are fools to work for the rich and suffer. Kistayya wants to marry Nilamma (Mamata Shankar). The father does not like the marriage. Kistayya refuses and marries Nilamma. Nilamma tries to control the family. Venkayya does not change. Kistayya stands between them. There is bitterness in the family. In course of time, Nilamma conceives. One day, they find Nilamma in acute pain. The father refuses to call a midwife and Nilamma dies. They decide to conduct funeral rites for Nilamma. They go begging around the village and gather some money and decide to spend it on drinks. A critic for noted in 2019 that Mrinal Sen’s offers a blistering, absurdist critique of feudal exploitation, portraying the degradation of marginalized individuals through its stark and unflinching narrative, making it a unique and unsettling piece of .