TY - ADVS AU - H.G.Dattatraya AU - Seal,Jaya AU - Brahmaji AU - NFDC TI - Tiladaanam N2 - Tiladanam, is the first Telugu film to get an International award and the first Indian film at Pusan to get the award. Subbaiah Sastry, a highly respected scholar in his prime endures his neighbors, contempt due to his acceptance of Tiladanam, a lowly rite involving acceptance of the sins of the dead in exchange for money. At odds with his son, Raghuram, a terrorist hunted by the police, Subbaiah has to perform an arcane, yet expensive, ritual to save his son and grandson from an evil influence. Portraying a father's belief in his religion and traditions versus his son's revolutionary ideology, the film focuses on the changing economic position of the Brahmins in today's changing times UR - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00BJLGKUI/chopaconline-20 ER -