Undertrial (2007)

Sagar Hussain lives a poor lifestyle in India. He relocates to Mumbai in order to better his prospects and finds work at a factory that only hires male employees. On his first day at work ... See full summary »

Director:

Aziz Khan

Writers:

Nazim Hassan Rizvi (screenplay), Aadesh K. Arjun (dialogues),

Stars:

Rajpal Yadav, Monica Castelino, Prem Chopra

Cast

Credited cast:
Rajpal Yadav	...	Sagar Hussain
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Monica Castelino	...	Sameena Hussain
Prem Chopra	...	Public Prosecutor Anand Verma
Pratima Kazmi	...	Justice Jaya Reddy
Kader Khan	...	Advocate Ravi Vishnoi
Rajesh Puri	...	Advoate Apte
Sunil Rege
Sambhavna Sheth	...	(as Sambhavana Seth)
Mukesh Tiwari

Storyline

Sagar Hussain lives a poor lifestyle in India. He relocates to Mumbai in order to better his prospects and finds work at a factory that only hires male employees. On his first day at work he observes all the workers leave their respective workplaces, go to an adjoining room to spy throw on a hole on a woman next door who is taking a bath. The next day he approaches the woman, Sabina, tells her of the intrusion to her privacy, but she mocks him. She does cover the hole, and then subsequently both Sagar and she fall in love and get married. Soon they become parents of three girls. Several years later Sameena approaches a Social Worker, Ambare, and tells him that Sagar has been sexually molesting her daughters for the last eight years. Appalled at this, Ambare informs the Police, Sagar is arrested, held in Central Jail as an Undertrial, and is to be produced before Justice Jaya Reddy, a Judge who has been known to sentence a man to jail for six months for merely throwing a peanut on a ...

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Plot Keywords:

trial | wrongful imprisonment | court | prison | rape accusation | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

9 February 2007 (India)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Whispering Shadows Entertainment

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Much better than the average Bollywood flick

While some reviewers are correct in pointing out that this movie lacks polish, the substance of the movie and the acting of Rajpal Yadav more than make up for it. One of the more outstanding aspects of this movie is that it presents a much more realistic depiction of legal proceedings than any other Bollywood movie I have seen till date. Although it would be erroneous to call it wholly accurate, it was gratifying to see that some thought had been put into this matter.

The theme of the danger of trial by media / society is a very pertinent issue today in India (in fact in much of the world), with standards in journalism rapidly falling. The effect this is having on the integrity of judicial proceedings is a very contemporary issue, and this movie is fairly thought-provoking in this regard.

I would give the producers / directors extra points for not tainting the movie by hiring big "stars" as is the unfortunate trend followed all to frequently in Bollywood in trying to maximize on a film's marketability.

The dialogue could be slightly better in parts. Yet in parts it was very good in terms of being realistic and not forced. A little bit more polish, and this movie would be excellent.

Definitely worth a watch!!