Aakrosh (Cry of the Wounded) is a 1980 Hindi arthouse movie directed by auteur Govind Nihalani, and written by renowned 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
It also won the 'Golden Peacock' for the Best Film at the International Film Festival of India.
This was the debut film o...
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Aakrosh (Cry of the Wounded) is a 1980 Hindi arthouse movie directed by auteur Govind Nihalani, and written by renowned 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
It also won the 'Golden Peacock' for the Best Film at the International Film Festival of India.
This was the debut film of Nihalani, who went on to be known for his dark yet frighteningly real depictions of the human angst in other landmark alternative movies such as Ardh Satya and Tamas..
It is also in the list of 60 films that shaped the Indian film industry spanning six decades .
Allegedly based on a true incident reported on page 7 of a local newspaper, the film was a scathing satire on the corruption in the judicial system, and victimization of the underprivileged by the able and the powerful .
The film forms a part of the series of works, based around...
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