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In colonial India, subedars (tax collectors) went from village to village, with soldiers, often demanding more than taxes... more | add synopsisAwards:
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Perhaps, the finest Indian movie ever made moreCast
(Credited cast)| Ram Gopal Bajaj | ... | Owner of the Pepper factory | |
| Benjamin Gilani | ... | Masterji | |
| Mohan Gokhale | ... | Villager | |
| Nina Kulkarni | ... | Pepper factory worker | |
| Deepti Naval | ... | Saraswati, Mukhiya's wife | |
| Suresh Oberoi | ... | Mukhiya | |
| Harish Patel | ... | Pandit | |
| Dina Pathak | ... | Maanki, factory worker | |
| Ratna Pathak | ... | Pepper Factory Worker | |
| Supriya Pathak | ... | Pepper factory worker | |
| Smita Patil | ... | Sonbai | |
| Om Puri | ... | Chowkidar Abu Miya | |
| Paresh Rawal | ... | Villager | |
| Naseeruddin Shah | ... | Subedar |
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Year 2003. Quentin Tarantino directed Kill Bill Vol.1 which had a climax scene of sword action between Uma Thurman & Lucy Liu. There is a beautiful sequence of shots wherein the two duelist are photographed in close-ups & simultaneously, a long shot where, the two actors are placed on the right corner of the screen while, a pivoted water tap moving up and down is placed on the left part of the screen. Year 1985. Ketan Mehta, India's acclaimed director and in his best cinematic achievement, had directed a similar shot wherein one of cinema's most memorable & immortal villain character played by Naseeruddin Shah counts-down from 10 to 1 alarming the lead actress to come out of her hideout simultaneously photographed with a Water Tap on the Extreme Left of the 70 mm screen, creating a magnificent scene.
And since then, there has been no such cinematography ever induced in any other Indian Movies. For those foreign audience, be noted, that this Movie is not a conventional Hindi movie loaded with songs. This Movie is a serious cinema of high degree of art.
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