Night's End (1975)
June 6, 1975Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Shabana Azmi
Sushila
Girish Karnad
Schoolmaster
Anant Nag
Anjaiya
Amrish Puri
Eldest Zamindar
Satyadev Dubey
Priest (Pujari) / Dialogue
Smita Patil
Rukmini
Naseeruddin Shah
Vishwam
Mohan Agashe
Prasad
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Sadhu Meher
Savita Bajaj
Mohan J. Bijlani
Producer
Vijay Tendulkar
Screenplay
Lalit M. Bijlani
Executive Producer
Mohan J. Bijlani
Producer
Freni M. Variava
Producer
Vanraj Bhatia
Music
Govind Nihalani
Cinematography
Bhanudas Divakar
Editor
Shyam Benegal
Director
Swaroop Rani
Hyder Ali
Sitaram Parasa
Sesham Raju
Rukmini Menon
Suresh Bedi
John Israel
Raj Narasimha Rao
Krishna Basrur
Swadesh Paul
M. Surya Prakash Rao
Shankar Narayan Melkote
Master Altaf
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 6, 1975
Original Nameनिशांत
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 16m
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Nishant (Hindi pronunciation: [nɪʃä̃ːnt]; transl. Night's end) is a 1975 Hindi drama film directed by Shyam Benegal, based on an original screenplay by noted playwright Vijay Tendulkar, with dialogues by Satyadev Dubey.
The film features an ensemble of parallel cinema actors including Girish Karnad, Amrish Puri, Shabana Azmi, Mohan Agashe, Anant Nag and Sadhu Meher with Smita Patil and Naseeruddin Shah. The film focuses on the power of the rural elite and the sexual exploitation of women, during the time of feudalism in Telangana (Hyderabad State in the 1940s and 1950s).
The film won the 1977 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. It was invited to the London Film Festival of 1976, Melbourne International Film Festival of 1977, and the Chicago International Film Festival of 1977, where it was awarded the Golden Plaque.