Tamas (1988)
An unforgettable saga of partition
1 seasons · 6 episodes · 50m· Drama
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.
Year
1988
Country
IN
Language
Hindi
First aired
9 January 1988
TMDB
9.5 (2)
Created by Govind Nihalani
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Om Puri
Nathu
Deepa Sahi
Kammo
Uttara Baokar
Jasbir
Amrish Puri
Sardar Teja Singh
A.K. Hangal
Bakshiji
Iftekhar
Ehsan Ali
Manohar Singh
Hayat Baksh
Saeed Jaffrey
Karim Khan
Bhisham Sahni
Harnam Singh
Dina Pathak
Banto
K.K. Raina
Mirdad
Surekha Sikri
Rajo
Pankaj Kapur
Thekedar
Surendra Pal
Shah Nawaz
Veerendra Saxena
Jamail
Pinchoo Kapoor
Dilawar
Akash Khurana
Dr Kapoor
Harish Patel
Karada
Nafisa Ali
Liza
Barry John
Richard
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