Paar (1984)

Name: Paar
Rating: 3.8

3.8 of 5 from 46 ratings

2h 21min

Not released

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The film of exploitation in rural Bihar, in which a landlord (Utpal Dutt)‘s men wreck a village and kill the benevolent schoolmaster (Anil Chatterjee) who was in progressive force. The labourer Naurangia (Naseeruddin Shah) breaks with a tradition to passive resistance and retaliates by killing the landlord's brother. Naurangia and his wife Rama (Shabana Azmi) become fugitives from justice. After many efforts to find sustenance elsewhere, the two decide to return home. To earn the fare, they agree to drive the herd of pigs through the river, causing the pregnant Rama to believe she has lost her baby.
But they have to swim across a wide, swiftly flowing river, in which they nearly drown before reaching safety. At the end of the film Naurangia puts his ear to her belly and listens to the heartbeats of the unborn son.
Actors:: Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Utpal Dutt, Anil Chatterjee, Mohan Agashe, Kamu Mukherjee, Sunil Mukherjee, Masood Akhtar, Usha Ganguly, Kalyan Chatterjee, Bimal Deb, Bhoopal Reddy, Sujal Roy Chowdhury, Reba Roy Chowdhury, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Nandu Chatterjee, Sunil Kumar Biswas, Niranjan Ray, Nirmal Mitra, Kalipada Chakavarty
Aka:: The Crossing
Genres:: Bollywood
Collections:: Lions on the Lido
Countries:: India
Awards:: 1984 Venice Film Festival Best Actor