Maachis (1997)
Directed by Sampooran Singh Gulzar
Genres - Drama, Crime, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Political Drama |
Run Time - 132 min. |
Countries - India |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
A film that will be most meaningful to those familiar with the complexities of East Indian politics, this drama offers a chilling portrait of a terrorist. Pali joins a guerrilla group after his best friend Jassi, who lives peacefully on a lonely farm with his sister Viran (Pali's fiancee), is wrongfully arrested by the police and tortured for his terrorism. Jassi returns home a crushed man and Pali decides to join the outlaws in their camp. Eventually Viran joins him and with the group leader they plot the assassination of a minister.
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assassination, guerrilla, sister, terrorism, torture