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Tamas

An unforgettable saga of partition

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Tamas — Plot

Based on the novel by Bhisham Sahni, Tamas is an epic drama set against the backdrop of riot-stricken North India on the eve of Partition in 1947. Nathu, an outcast, is hired to kill a pig, whose carcass he’s later appalled to find in front of the mosque. A riot follows and, ridden with guilt, Nathu takes his ailing mother and pregnant wife and leaves town.

  • Release date
  • January 9, 1988
  • Runtime
  • 50 min
  • TMDB score
  • 9.5
1 seasons Drama Creator: Bhisham Sahni

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Tamas — Cast

Om Puri photo Om Puri Nathu Deepa Sahi photo Deepa Sahi Kammo Uttara Baokar photo Uttara Baokar Jasbir Amrish Puri photo Amrish Puri Sardar Teja Singh A.K. Hangal photo A.K. Hangal Bakshiji Iftekhar photo Iftekhar Ehsan Ali Manohar Singh photo Manohar Singh Hayat Baksh Saeed Jaffrey photo Saeed Jaffrey Karim Khan

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Miniseries6 episodesSeason page

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