| Suddha (The Cleansing Rites) | |
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| Directed by | Ramchandra P. N. |
| Written by | Ramchandra P. N. Dialogues: Narayana Nandalike Mohan Marnad Surendra Kumar |
| Produced by | Sonk Films |
| Cinematography | Sameer Mahajan |
| Edited by | Ramchandra PN |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tulu |
Suddha, also called The Cleansing Rites, is an Indian film, the first-ever Tulu language film shot in the digital format. The 105-minute film was shot in 2004 in a village called Marnad near Mangalore, Karnataka, and was released in 2005. The film is an adaptation of the Tulu Sahitya Academy award-winning Tulu play called Bojja written by Mumbai-based playwright, Narayana Nandalike. Suddha was produced by three Mumbai Tuluvas Mohan Marnad, Surendra Kumar and Ramchandra PN. It was directed by Ramchandra PN, a graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India, Poona. Suddha was his first feature-length film.