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  1. Plot. The story follows a peasant who faces oppression from landowners and foremen while working as a daily laborer to make ends meet. His wife (Smita Patil), is raped by the foreman, who then frames him for a crime he did not commit. Overwhelmed by shame, his wife commits suicide.

  2. www.imdb.com › title › tt0080322Aakrosh (1980) - IMDb

    Aakrosh: Directed by Govind Nihalani. With Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil, Amrish Puri. A public prosecutor discovers the harsh realities about life of the scheduled tribes in India during 1980s while defending a case of a tribesman charged of murdering his wife.

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    • Crime, Drama, Music
    • Govind Nihalani
    • 1980
  3. Jul 28, 2016 · The story is of a peasant Bhiku (Om Puri) who is oppressed by landowners and his foremen. His wife (Smita Patil) is raped by the foreman who then has him arrested to hide his own crime. Lawyer ...

    • 140 min
    • 2.4M
    • Shemaroo
  4. Jan 3, 2022 · In the 1980s, a lawyer defends a man who is under arrest for killing his own wife. As he proceeds with the case, he learns the harsh truth about life for scheduled tribes in India. ...more. In...

    • 14 min
    • 1251
    • Shemaroo Movie in Parts
  5. Dec 16, 2020 · Aakrosh (1980) does not attempt to tell you the truth about caste-related atrocities and their existence. It shows you a series of events and leaves you to make up your own mind. Set in the time and place that it is, oppression is much more invisible here.

  6. Aakrosh is a 1980 Hindi arthouse film directed by Govind Nihalani and written by Marathi playwright Vijay Tendulkar. The film starred Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri and Amrish Puri in lead roles and went to win 1980 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi and several Filmfare Awards.

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  8. Baskhar (Naseeruddin Shah), a public defender, has been assigned to a case opposite the experienced and respected prosecutor Dushane (Smita Patil), his legal mentor and personal friend. Unfortunately, Lahanya (Amrish Puri), the man he's been tasked with representing, is accused of killing his wife and he isn't speaking to Baskhar or anyone else. Desperately seeking the full story, Baskhar investigates the case himself, but he's met with resistance and even violence at every turn.