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Current (1992)

Current poster
Original title
करन्ट
Directed by
K. Hariharan
Genre
drama
Country
India
Runtime
1h 59m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A farmer in rural India struggles with difficult circumstances. The film follows his hardships and the challenges he faces.

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What happens

Current is a 1992 Indian drama film. The film was co-written and directed by K. Hariharan, in his Hindi cinema debut, for the National Film Development Corporation of India. Starring Om Puri and Deepti Naval in the lead, the film focused on the plight of a farmer in rural India. The plot of the movie was based on a short story written by Ki. Rajanarayanan, a Sahitya Akademi winner (Tamil). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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