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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Aakrosh<br />
| image = Aakrosh80.jpg<br />
| caption =<br />
| director = [[Govind Nihalani]]<br />
| producer = Devi Dutt<br>[[National Film Development Corporation of India|NFDC]]<br />
| writer = [[Vijay Tendulkar]]<br />
| starring = [[Naseeruddin Shah]]<br />[[Smita Patil]]<br />[[Amrish Puri]]<br />[[Om Puri]]<br />
| music = [[Ajit Varman]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Govind Nihalani]]<br />
| editing = Keshav Naidu<br />
| distributor = Krsna Movies Enterprise<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1980}}<br />
| runtime = 144 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
| budget = {{INR|80 [[lakh]]}}<br />
| gross = {{INR|1.22 [[crore]]}}<br />
}}<br />
'''''Aakrosh''''' ({{translation|'''''Outrage'''''}}) is a 1980 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[legal drama]] film directed by [[Govind Nihalani]] in his debut<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-10 |title=Govind Nihalani {{!}} Art House Cinema |url=https://www.arthousecinema.in/people/govind-nihalani/ |access-date=2026-03-18 |language=en-US}}</ref>, and written by [[Vijay Tendulkar]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kumar|first1=Anuj|title=Blast from the past - Aakrosh (1980)|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/aakrosh-1980/article5894708.ece|work=The Hindu|date=10 April 2014}}</ref> Starring [[Naseeruddin Shah]], [[Om Puri]] and [[Amrish Puri]] in pivotal roles, the film was released to widely positive reviews, winning the [[IFFI Best Film Award|Golden Peacock (Best Film)]] at the [[8th International Film Festival of India]], as well as the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi]] and several other honors.<ref>{{cite web|title=NFDC films |url=http://www.geocities.com/curlybraces/movies/hindimovies.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019200018/http://geocities.com/curlybraces/movies/hindimovies.htm |archivedate=19 October 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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Nihalani went on to be known for his dark and frighteningly real depictions of human angst in other landmark alternative films such as ''[[Ardh Satya]]'' and ''[[Tamas (film)|Tamas]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jang.com.pk/thenews/dec2007-weekly/nos-09-12-2007/enc.htm#2 |title=Govind Nihalani profile|work=Jang.com.pk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214021016/http://jang.com.pk/thenews/dec2007-weekly/nos-09-12-2007/enc.htm#2 |date=14 December 2007|archive-date=14 December 2007 }}</ref> ''Aakrosh'' is listed among the 60 films that shaped the Indian film industry over a period of six decades.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/six-decades-of-dynamic-filmmaking-in-india/story-gVQkpXKtDBrJfQAhVmXdfP.html|title=Six decades of dynamic filmmaking in India|last=Ganguly|first=Prithwish|date=10 August 2007|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605133525/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/cinema/Six-decades-of-dynamic-filmmaking-in-India/Article1-241665.aspx|archive-date=5 June 2011|url-status=live|agency=[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]]}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
The story follows a peasant who faces oppression from landowners and foremen while working as a daily laborer to make ends meet. His wife (Smita Patil), is raped by the foreman, who then frames him for a crime he did not commit. Overwhelmed by shame, his wife commits suicide.<br />
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Following his father's death, the police escorts him to the funeral grounds in restraints to perform the last rites. As he stands by the burning funeral pyre, he notices the foreman casting lustful glances at his prepubescent sister. Anticipating her inevitable fate as a perpetual victim, he seizes an axe and beheads his sister to prevent her from suffering as he and his wife did. In the aftermath of this desperate and tragic act, the downtrodden man screams repeatedly into the sky.<br />
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== Themes and influences ==<br />
Allegedly based on a true incident reported on page 7 of a local newspaper, the film was a scathing satire on the [[corruption]] in the judicial system and the victimization of the underprivileged by the able and the powerful.<ref>{{Cite web |title=a study of Aakrosh at filmreference |url=http://www.filmref.com/directors/dirpages/nihalani.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927195304/http://www.filmref.com/directors/dirpages/nihalani.html |archive-date=27 September 2007 |access-date=9 December 2007}}</ref><br />
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''Aakrosh'' forms a part of the series of works, based around explorations in violence, written by noted playwright [[Vijay Tendulkar]], who had earlier written [[Shyam Benegal]]'s ''[[Nishant (film)|Nishant]]'' (1974) and went on to write Govind Nihalani's next surprise breakaway hit, ''[[Ardh Satya]]'' (1983).<br />
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Here the victim is shown so traumatized by excessive oppression and violation of his humanity, that he does not utter a single word almost for the length of the film and only bears a stunned look,<ref>{{cite web |date=20 October 2007 |title=Om Puri at freshnews |url=http://www.freshnews.in/om-puri-444 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020223703/http://www.freshnews.in/om-puri-444 |archive-date=20 October 2007 |work=Fresh News}}</ref> though later he uses the same violence as a tool to express his own sense of violation and rage.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ashish Nandy on Violence in Vijay Tendulkar's works |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/09/02/stories/1302017i.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080405191222/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/09/02/stories/1302017i.htm |archive-date=5 April 2008 |access-date=10 December 2007 |work=Hindu}}</ref><br />
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At the end of the film we hear the victim's voice for the second time (the first is in a flashback, as he vainly attempts to rescue his wife), which is a device similar to [[Andrei Tarkovsky]]'s showing of the icons in brilliant color at the end of his three-hour black-and-white film ''[[Andrei Rublev (film)|Andrei Rublev]]''.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* [[Naseeruddin Shah]] <small>as</small> Bhaskar Kulkarni, Lawyer<br />
* [[Om Puri]] <small>as</small> Lahanya Bhiku<br />
* [[Smita Patil]] <small>as</small> Nagi Bhiku<br />
* [[Amrish Puri]] <small>as</small> Dusane, Public Prosecutor<br />
* [[Mohan Agashe]] <small>as</small> Bhonsle, chairman, Zilla Parishad<br />
* [[Mahesh Elkunchwar]] <small>as</small> Social worker<br />
* [[Nana Palsikar]] <small>as</small> Bhiku's father<br />
* [[Achyut Potdar]] as More, forest contractor<br />
* [[Deepak Shirke]] as ruffian<br />
* Bhagyashree Kotnis as Bhiku's sister<br />
* [[Reema Lagoo]] as lavni dancer<br />
* [[Arvind Deshpande]] as Dr Vasant M. Patil<br />
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==Songs==<br />
# "Kanha Re" - Vandana Khandekar - 7.33, Music : [[Ajit Varman]], Lyrics : Vasant Deo<br />
# "Sanson Mein Dard" - Madhuri Purandare - 5.44, Music: Ajit Varman, Lyrics: Suryabhanu Gupta<br />
# "Tu Aisa Kaisa Mard" - Madhuri Purandare - 3.10, Music: Ajit Varman, Lyrics: Vasant Deo<br />
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==Accolades==<br />
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"<br />
|-<br />
!Year<br />
!Award<br />
!Category<br />
!Nominee(s)<br />
!Result<br />
|-<br />
! [[28th National Film Awards|1980]]<br />
| [[National Film Awards]]<br />
| [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi|Best Feature Film in Hindi]]<br />
| Devi Dutt and [[Govind Nihalani]]<br />
| {{won}}<br />
|-<br />
! [[8th International Film Festival of India|1981]]<br />
| [[8th International Film Festival of India|8th IFFI]] <br />
| [[IFFI Best Film Award]]<br />
| Devi Dutt and [[Govind Nihalani]]<br />
| {{won}}<br />
|-<br />
! rowspan="7"|[[28th Filmfare Awards|1981]]<br />
| rowspan="7"|[[Filmfare Awards]]<br />
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Film|Best Film]]<br />
| Devi Dutt<br />
| {{nom}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director]]<br />
| [[Govind Nihalani]]<br />
| rowspan="6"{{won}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]<br />
| [[Naseeruddin Shah]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]<br />
| [[Om Puri]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Story|Best Story]]<br />
| rowspan="2"|[[Vijay Tendulkar]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]<br />
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| [[Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction|Best Art Direction]]<br />
| C.S. Bhatti<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist|2}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0080322|Aakrosh}}<br />
* [https://parallelcinema.blogspot.com/2005/10/aakroshcry-of-wounded-1980.html An insightful study of the film, Aakrosh]<br />
* [http://roshnai.wordpress.com/2007/11/03/movie-review-aakrosh/ A Movie Review]<br />
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{{IFFI Best Film Award}}<br />
{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Hindi}}<br />
{{Govind Nihalani}}<br />
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