A bitter family battle ensues between a father and his sons when a businessman makes a deal that entices farmers to sell off their properties.
Acting
Jackie Shroff's wounded patriarch energy hits different.
Direction
Sira stages confrontation scenes like wrestling matches.
Director
Puneet Sira
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during India's 2009 farmer suicide crisis, the film weaponizes Bollywood melodrama for agrarian activism—clumsy but sincere.
Real farmers were reportedly cast as extras; Jackie Shroff spent weeks in rural Punjab to nail the dialect.