Devasthanam

An elderly gentleman, Srimannarayana, has a bizarre request for a stranger, Sambamurthy, who he meets at the temple. Srimannarayana wants the latter to perform his last rites when he dies. Sambamurthy is shocked at first, but the two men eventually share a deep and everlasting bond.

It's unnerving to realize that K Viswanath's might be the last comforting image we will have of the bespectacled grandfatherly gentleman in cotton clothing, a pair of leather chappals on his feet, a cloth bag slung over his shoulder, and a walking stick in his hand.

Yessir, the old world - in all senses of the phrase - is fast becoming a thing of the past. And for those who desperately seek anything that refreshes memories of the said old world, Devasthanam might provide some relief.

This film isn't even pretending to be commercially accepted. It deals with a very uncommo....