Cast
Navjot Hansra 
K.K. Raina 
Manohar Singh 
Shatrughan Sinha 
Mita Vashisht 
Raghubir Yadav
Credits
Written by: 
Anton Chekhov Fareeda Mehta 
Kumar Shahani
Music: 
Vanraj Bhatia
Produced by: Nfdc India
Plot
The story centers around a small town entrepreneur named Maniram who makes a major profit by cheating people and selling them tainted food. His business is run by his daughter-in-law Tejo, who is married to Maniram's mentally challenged younger son. When Maniram's elder son comes back into town to get married, things start to go awry.
Sinekatalog’s take
Kumar Shahani's NFDC-produced drama, from a Chekhov story, follows a rural man and a woman amid class and desire. Austere and visually stylised, it is a difficult, formal film of Indian art cinema.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (74 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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