The larger theme of the film is centred around India's caste system, though it is depicted as a film within a film.In a small village in Madhya Pradesh, two different communities fight over a water pump installation. When a member of one of the communities, Nathu (Kishore Kadam) decides to protest against a decision he feels is unjust, he angers the local land owner, who decides to impose economic sanctions on the community in an effort to starve them out of the village. When Nathu's house is burned down in mysterious circumstances, Nathu seeks the comfort of a temple, and prays for a solution. Instead he finds himself abused and beaten by the land owner for breaking a rule that bans members of Nathu's community from entering the temple. It later emerges that the situation in the area is being used as a plot for a film made in Bombay, however characters featured in the film are misrepresented, which leads to tension on the set and eventually violence spills.

Starring

Ravi Jhankal, Raghuveer Yadav, Kishore Kadam, more..

Director

Shyam Benegal

Language

Hindi

Genre

Release Date

Fri Jan, 01 1999

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Ravi Jhankal

... Chamak Singh

Raghuveer Yadav

... Actual Dalit Nathu

Kishore Kadam

... Dalit Nathu

Seema Biswas

... Dulari

Sandeep Srivastava

... Village Sarpanch

Ashok MishraStory / Writers

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Mandira Shukla

... Costume Designers

Raj Pius

... Ex. Co Producers

Vanraj Bhatia

... Music Director

Aseem Sinha

... Editor