1980 · drama · crime · hindi
Aakrosh
Directed by Govind Nihalani2h 24m1980
In the 1980s, a lawyer defends a tribal man who is under arrest for killing his own wife. As he proceeds with the case, he learns about the harsh life of scheduled tribes in India.
Our read: Aakrosh (1980) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · crime · hindi entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, extreme drama / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
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