''Punyakoti'' (), also released as ''A Truthful Mother'', is a 2020 Indian

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-language

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directed by Ravishankar Venkateswaran. Ilaiyaraaja composed the soundtrack of the film. It is the first animated film in Sanskrit. ''Punyakoti'' is an adaptation of a picture book for children written by Ravishankar, was produced through

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and it is the first Sanskrit animated film. The film got certified from

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on 18 March 2020, but its theatrical release was halted due to Corona pandemic. Finally

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premiered the film through online streaming platform

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on 25 March 2020 and

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added the film to its platform on 31 March 2020.

Summary

''Punyakoti'' is based on a

Kannada language Kannada () is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, an ...

folksong in Karnataka, whose original source is the eighteenth chapter of ''Srishtikhand'' of

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, about a cow that speaks the truth at all times. The story is set in Karunadu, a village along the banks of

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during the

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Cast

Revathi Asha Kelunni Nair (born 8 July 1966), better known by her stage name Revathi, is an Indian actress and director, known for her works predominantly in Tamil cinema, Tamil and Malayalam cinema - in addition to Telugu language, Telugu, Hindi and ...

as Punyakoti *

Roger Narayan Raj Narayan is an actor who works in predominantly Kannada and English-language films. He is known for playing the titular role in '' Hola Venky!'' and starring in '' U Turn'' (2016). Career Roger Narayan studied engineering at BITS Pilani befo ...

as Kalinga *Sneha Ravishankar *SR Leela *Vidya Shankar

Release

''Punyakoti'' was first scheduled to release in 2016 but was later delayed to 2018. The film was shown at the 2019 Film Bazaar. The film's theatre release was scheduled in April 2020 but was stopped due to the

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and was released digitally on

in the same month.

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* * {{IMDb title, tt10834006 2020 films 2020 animated films Sanskrit-language films Indian animated films Indian children's films 2020s historical fantasy films Hindu mythological films Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Films based on Indian folklore Indian direct-to-video films Films not released in theaters due to the COVID-19 pandemic Animated films about cattle Animated films about tigers Tigers in India

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