Synopsis
When a politician is killed, a journalist discovers that a member of parliament had the man assassinated. As his editor digs deeper, the complicity of higher-placed politicians comes to the surface, which leads to riots in one town and an attempt to suppress his story.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- GulzarWriter
- Romesh SharmaDirector
Cast
- Shashi KapoorVikas Pande
- Sharmila TagoreNisha
- Om PuriAjay Singh
- Kulbhushan KharbandaJugal Kishor
- M. K. RainaAnwar
- A.K. HangalVikas's Father
- Manohar SinghJagannath Poddar
- B.L. ChopraIqbal
- Ram Gopal BajajBhaleram
- Vijay KashyapMehku Miya
- Anang DesaiInspector
Stills
Themes
riotpress freedomconspiracynewspaper editorpolitical corruptioninvestigative journalism1980sparallel cinemapolitical censorship