Tamas

Set in the backdrop of riot-stricken Pakistan at the time of the partition of India in 1947, the film deals with the plight of emigrant Sikh and Hindu families to India as a consequence of the partition.

Cast

Om Puri

Nathu

Uttara Baokar

Jasbir

Pankaj Kapur

Thekedaar

Dina Pathak

Banto

A.K. Hangal

Bakshi Ji

Amrish Puri

Sardar Teja Singh

Bhisham Sahni

Harnam Singh