Based on the novel by Bhisham Sahni, Tamas is an epic drama set against the backdrop of riot-stricken North India on the eve of Partition in 1947. Nathu, an outcast, is hired to kill a pig, whose carcass he’s later appalled to find in front of the mosque. A riot follows and, ridden with guilt, Nathu takes his ailing mother and pregnant wife and leaves town.

• Om Puri
• Deepa Sahi
• Uttara Baokar
• Amrish Puri
• A.K. Hangal
• Iftekhar
• Manohar Singh
• Saeed Jaffrey