Tamas

Based on the novel by Bhisham Sahni, Tamas is an epic drama set against the backdrop of riot-stricken North India on the eve of Partition in 1947. Nathu, an outcast, is hired to kill a pig, whose carcass he’s later appalled to find in front of the mosque. A riot follows and, ridden with guilt, Nathu takes his ailing mother and pregnant wife and leaves town.

• Govind NihalaniDirector
• Govind NihalaniScreenplay
• Bhisham SahniScreenplay

• Om PuriNathu
• Deepa SahiKammo
• Uttara BaokarJasbir
• Amrish PuriSardar Teja Singh
• A.K. HangalBakshiji
• IftekharEhsan Ali
• Manohar SinghHayat Baksh
• Saeed JaffreyKarim Khan
• Bhisham SahniHarnam Singh
• Dina PathakBanto
• K.K. RainaMirdad
• Surekha SikriRajo