Ijjodu Subtitles
Ijjodu is a forthcoming Kannada film that stars National Award Winning Actress, Meera Jasmine and Anirudh in the lead roles. It is directed by National Award Winning Director, Padma Shri M. S. Sathyu. Kannada actors Srivatsa, Nagkiran and Arundhati Jathakara stars in supporting roles. The film is a story of a young photo journalist’s brief encounter with a girl who was made a ‘Basavi’ at the altar of the village deity, to save people who were hit by a devastating epidemic. ‘Basavi’ is a cult very similar to that of the ‘Devdasi’. At present the ‘Devdasies’ have become regular sex workers because of the social stigma and more so for making a living. Lots of them are victims HIV+. [Wikipedia]