SAMAR (1999)

Film details

Featuring

Rajeshwari Rajit Kapur Ravi Jhankal
Director

Shyam Benegal
Country

India
Year

1999
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

CONFLICT Alternative

Synopsis

Drama. Centred on the difficulties involved in changing caste attitudes, the film is based on a real incident which occurred in 1991 in a village in Madhya Pradesh, when high and low castes battled over the installation of a village pump.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Dulari
    
    Sachdev, Rajeshwari
  - director
    
    Rajit Kapur
  - Chamak Singh
    
    Ravi Jhankal
  - Nathu
    
    Raghuvir Yadav
  - Dalit Nathu
    
    Kishore Kadam
  - Dulari
    
    Seema Biswas
  - himself
    
    Ashok Mishra
  - cast member
    
    Divya Dutta
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Shyam Benegal
  Production:
  - Presented by
    
    National Film Development Corporation
  - Production Company
    
    Shyam Benegal
  - [Production Company]
    
    Sahyadri Films
  - Executive Producer
    
    Raj Pius
  - Producer
    
    Shyam Benegal
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Ashok Mishra
  - Author of the Original Work
    
    Harsh Mander
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Kothari, Rajen
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Aseem Sinha
  Design:
  - Production Designer
    
    Samir Chandra
  Music:
  - Music
    
    Vanraj Bhatia
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    Manas Choudhury

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SAMAR (1999)

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Synopsis

Cast & Credits

Cast

Credits

Direction:

Production:

Writing:

Photography:

Editing:

Design:

Music:

Sound:

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