Sharapanjara (English: Cage of Arrows) is a 1971 Indian Kannada language film directed by Puttanna Kanagal, based on a novel by Triveni of the same name, and starring Kalpana and Gangadhar in lead roles.

[2][3] The film revolves around the societal perception of the mentally ill. Kaveri is an educated, sophisticated, and beautiful woman who hails from a loving middle class family.

Once the baby is born, Kaveri is tormented by memories of forcefully losing her virginity during her college days and develops symptoms of post-partum psychosis.

Kaveri faces scorn of some sort or the other from her family, neighbours and society in general, as well, owing to the stigma around mental illness.

Eventually when Kaveri discovers that her husband is having an extra-marital relationship with a female colleague, her post-partum psychosis symptoms relapse and he has to be readmitted to the mental healthcare facility.