Navratri

Navaratri is a festival dedicated to the worship of the Hindu deity Durga. The word Navaratri means 'nine nights' in Sanskrit, nava meaning nine and ratri meaning nights. During these nine nights and ten days, nine forms of Devi are worshipped. The tenth day is commonly referred to as Vijayadashami or "Dussehra" (also spelled Dasera). Navaratri is an important major festival and is celebrated all over India and Nepal. Diwali the festival of lights is celebrated twenty days after Dasera. Though there are in total five types of Navaratri that come in a year, Sharad Navaratri is the most popular one. Hence, the term Navaratri is being used for Sharada Navaratri here.

Significance

The beginning of spring and the beginning of autumn are considered to be important junctions of climatic and solar influences. These two periods are taken as sacred opportunities for the worship of the Divine Mother Durga. The dates of the festival are determined according to the lunar calendar. on which each women follow tradition to wear three colours of dress on Navaratri.

Navarathri (1964 film)

Navarathri ("Nine Nights") is a 1964 Tamil Drama film by A. P. Nagarajan. The film is well known for starring Sivaji Ganesan in nine distinct roles: the basic emotions - wonder, fear, compassion, anger, peace, love, courage, repulsion and happiness. It was Sivaji's 100th film he acted. Navarathri traces Nalina's (Savitri) experience of these nine emotions on nine consecutive nights. The record of playing most number of roles in one Tamil film was long held by Sivaji Ganesan until 2008 when it was broken by Kamal Haasan in Dasavathaaram (2008). In 1966, the film was remade in Telugu with the same title and in Hindi as Naya Din Nai Raat (1974)with Sanjeev Kumar.

Plot

The film opens with the narrator explaining that there are nine types of human behaviors (Navarasam) such as Wonder (அற்புதம்), Fear (பயம்), Compassion (கருணை), Anger (கோபம்), Equanimity (சாந்தம்), Disgust (அருவருப்பு), Elegance (சிங்காரம்), Bravery (வீரம்) and Bliss (ஆனந்தம்) and that Sivaji Ganesan's nine roles represents one character per role.

Navaratri (1966 film)

Navaratri (Telugu: నవరాత్రి) is a 1966 Telugu Drama film directed by Tatineni Rama Rao and starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Savitri. It is produced by Anumolu Venkata Subba Rao of Prasad Art Pictures. It is a remake of a 1964 Tamil film with the same title, starring Sivaji Ganesan and Savitri. The story is written by A. P. Nagarajan for both films.In the song Addala Meda Undi, actress J. Jayalalithaa, Kanchana, Jamuna Ramanarao and Girija make a guest appearance as patients admitted in mental hospital.

Lead Actor (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) got high critical acclaim for his portrayal of Nine Characters. This film is regarded to be having some of the finest ever performances by Nageswara Rao.

The plot of the movie is totally based on what happens during Navaratri (Nava means Nine and Ratri means Night).

Plot

The film opens with the narrator explaining that there are nine types of human behaviors (Navarasam) such as Wonder, Fear, Compassion, Anger, Equanimity, Disgust, Elegance, Bravery and Bliss and that Nageswara Rao's nine roles represents one character per role.