Samar 25 years old

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.

Credits

Samar Cast

Name Character
Rajit Kapoor
Kishore Kadam
Rajeshwari Sachdev She was 23, now 49 years old

Samar Crew

Name Department
Shyam Benegal as Director. He was 64 (now 89) years old Directing
Samar (25 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, February 27, 1999
  • Runtime: 126 minutes