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Sazaye Maut (1981)

Sazaye Maut poster
Directed by
Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Genre
crime, drama
Country
India
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man faces the psychological horror of a death sentence. The film follows his experience leading up to the execution.

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What happens

Sazā-ye Maut (English: Death Penalty) is 1981 Indian film directed and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The films was based on Chopra's diploma film at FTII, Murder at Monkey Hill (1976). He adapted that into a full-length feature, with Naseeruddin Shah and Radha Saluja, respectively, playing the roles that he and Anjali Paigankar had played in the short film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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