When a Dalit wins the elections for mayor in his small village in northeastern India, deadly rioting forces an impoverished couple to escape to Calcutta where they can hopefully find work. Instead, they end up sleeping on the streets until they have a chance at earning a little income -- a man has asked them to take his herd of pigs across a fast-moving river. The current is dangerous, and worse, the wife is pregnant and this would not be an easy task even if she were not. Undaunted and desperate, the couple accept the job and enter the river to face their destiny.
Directed by Goutam Ghose
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Letterboxd
3.8 / 5
Cast
Naseeruddin Shah
Naurangia
Shabana Azmi
Rama
Utpal Dutt
Bhola Singh
Om Puri
Ramnaresh
Mohan Agashe
Hari Singh
Anil Chatterjee
Schoolmaster
Ruma Guha Thakurta
Sunil Mukherjee
Chamku
Kamu Mukherjee
Headman
Masood Akhtar
Kalyan Chatterjee
Shyamal Ghoshal
Crew
Goutam Ghose
Director
Goutam Ghose
Screenplay
Goutam Ghose
Original Music Composer
Goutam Ghose
Director of Photography
Anup Mukhopadhyay
Sound Designer
Nemai Ghosh
Still Photographer
Shabana Azmi
Playback Singer
Popular Reviews
2 reviews
Memo
7.0★ · 05/28/20
a striking portrait of poverty and despair.
a striking portrait of poverty and despair.
Shreyas
8.0★ · 02/02/20
BEAUTIFULLY shot. Amazing performances from Shah and Azmi.
BEAUTIFULLY shot. Amazing performances from Shah and Azmi.