A village youth falsely implicated in a conspiracy is imprisoned and can't prove his innocence to his beloved. Devastated, he takes to alcohol.
Acting
Uttam Kumar's descent from charming rogue to desperate hunted man.
Direction
Shakti Samanta tightens the noose scene by scene.
Score
RD Burman's haunting melodies that outlive the romance.
Director
Shakti Samanta
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title 'Amanush' means 'inhuman' — originally titled for the protagonist's moral journey, audiences debated if it referred to Madhu or the village that turned on him.
This Bengali-Hindi bilingual was Shakti Samanta's attempt to give Uttam Kumar a pan-Indian action-hero image beyond his romantic 'Mahanayak' persona — and it nearly worked.
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