Paar (1984)

Original title

पार

Directed by

Goutam Ghose

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 21m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A poor couple in rural India struggle to survive. They try to cross a river with livestock to make money but face harsh obstacles.

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What happens

Paar (transl. The Crossing) is a 1984 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Goutam Ghose and produced by Swapan Sarkar through Orchid Films. Written by Ghose with Partha Banerjee and Partho Mukherjee, the film stars Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah and Om Puri. Naseeruddin Shah won a Volpi Cup for his role as Naurangia. The film is based on the Bengali-language short story, Paari, by Samaresh Basu. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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