Aakrosh movie 1980 (Hindi film)

Aakrosh movie is a 1980 Bollywood Hindi legal-drama film director is Govind Nihalani in his first and the writer is Vijay Tendulkar.

the film’s leading star cast are Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, and Amrish Puri, was released to highly positive critics’ reviews; and also won the Golden Peacock (Best Film) at the 8th International Film Festival of India. This film also won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi and several other honors.

Aakrosh was the first film of Govind Nihalani, who mostly to be known for his dark and fearfully real characterization of human antagonists in other landmark alternative movies mainly Ardh Satya and Tamas film.

It is listed among the best 60 movies that inspire the Bollywood film industry pass over six decades.

• Director ; Govind Nihalani
• Writer; Vijay Tendulkar
• Producer; Devi Dutt, NFDC
• Starring; Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil
• Cinematography; Govind Nihalani
• Editor; Keshav Naidu
• Music Director ; Ajit Varman
• Art Direction; C.S. Bhatti
• Assistant Director; John Mathew Matthan
• choreographer; Sudarshan Dhir
• Distributor; Krsna Movies Enterprise
• Production Company; Krsna Movies Enterprises
• Genres; crime, drama, music, Mystery, Thriller
• Release date; 1980
• Running time; 144 minutes
• Country; India
• Language; Hindi
• Budget; 80 lakh INR
• Box office; 1 cr 22 lakh

Story of the film

The plot is about a peasant who must work as a daily laborer to survive while dealing with oppression from landlords and foremen. After sexually assaulting his wife (Smita Patil), the foreman accuses him of committing a crime he did not commit. His wife ends her life after becoming too ashamed.

After his father passes away, the cops lead him to the funeral home while he is restrained so that the last rites can be performed. He observes the foreman staring lustfully at his prepubescent sister as he stands beside the blazing funeral pyre. He grabs an axe and beheads his sister to spare her from suffering as he and his wife did since he knows she will always be a victim. The depressed man cries into the skies repeatedly after this desperate and awful act.

Star Cast

• Naseeruddin Shah as a Bhaskar Kulkarni[Lawyer]
• Om Puri as a Lahanya Bhiku
• Smita Patil as a Nagi Bhiku
• Amrish Puri as a Dusane[Public Prosecutor]
• Mohan Agashe as a Bhonsle[chairman, Zilla Parishad]
• Mahesh Elkunchwar as a Social worker
• Nana Palsikar as a Bhiku’s father
• Achyut Potdar as a More[forest contractor]
• Deepak Shirke as a ruffian
• Bhagyashree Kotnis as a Bhiku’s sister
• Reema Lagoo as Lavni dancer
• Arvind Deshpande as a Dr. Vasant M. Patil
• Vinay Apte
• Vihang Nayak
• Madhukar Nayak
• Arvind
• Jaishree
• Reema Lagoo as a Lavhni dancer
• Sumant Mastakar
• Girdhar More
• Pramod More
• Prashant
• Hemant Rege
• Deepak Shirke as a Man in Courtroom

Themes and influences

The movie was a stinging satire on the corruption in the court system and the exploitation of the disadvantaged by the able and the powerful, and it was purportedly based on a factual incident that was covered on page 7 of a local newspaper. Aakrosh is a part of a body of work by renowned playwright Vijay Tendulkar that explores violence. He previously wrote Shyam Benegal’s Nishant (1974) and went on to pen Govind Nihalani’s next unexpected breakout success, Ardh Satya (1983).

Here, the victim is depicted as having been subjected to such extreme oppression and human rights violations that he is shown to be so traumatized. For the majority of the film, the victim merely maintains a surprised expression; yet, later on, he utilizes the same brutality to communicate his own sense of being violated and his wrath.

A similar technique was used by Andrei Tarkovsky to display the icons in dazzling color at the conclusion of his three-hour black-and-white film Andrei Rublev. The victim’s voice is heard for the second time in the movie towards the end (the first time is in a flashback as he futilely tries to save his wife).

Music / Songs

This film’s music composer is Ajit Varman, while the lyrics writer are Vasant Deo and Suryabhanu Gupta, playback singer is Vandana Khandekar and Madhuri Purandare.

• “Kanha Re”……..Vandana Khandekar
• “Sanson Mein Dard”……..Madhuri Purandare
• “Tu Aisa Kaisa Mard”……Madhuri Purandare

Awards and Nomination

References

Aakrosh. (2023, July 20). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aakrosh_(1980_film)