Cruelty) is a 1996 Indian Kannada language drama film directed by Girish Kasaravalli, based on a story written by T. N. Seetharam about an old woman who has to deal with complex relationships with people of different generations she is put up with.
While she spends every day in boredom, Murty the youngest son of the family becomes close to Rangajji.
Rangajji feels a new lease of life when the eldest son of the family Subbanna decides to go to Bangalore to start his own private business.
But a spate of events during the journey back to the village leaves Rangajji physically wounded.
Girish Kasaravalli contemplates on how humans can wreck other's lives by displaying behaviour that lacks humanitarian consideration.
The former has immense potential to delve deep into human mind and leave the person devastated for the rest of his life, never to rise again.
Renukamma Murugodu as Rangajji delivered a world class performance in the film.