Ijjodu (2009)

Ijjodu is a Kannada-language film from 2009 directed by M. S. Sathyu, starring Anirudhh and Meera Jasmine.

Ijjodu (English: The Incompatible) is a 2009 Indian Kannada drama film written and directed by M. S. Sathyu, and stars Anirudh and Meera Jasmine and Anirudh in the lead 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. Many of them are HIV+.

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