Basic Info

Release: September 14, 1984

Runtime: 141 min

Rating: ⭐ 6.2/10 (8 votes)

Status: Released

Videos

PAAR (1984) | Directed by Goutam Ghose | Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Utpal Dutt, Om Puri (YouTube)

The Crossing

1984 141 min ⭐ 6.2/10 8 votes

Overview

When a Dalit wins the elections for mayor in his small village in northeastern India, deadly rioting forces an impoverished couple to escape to Calcutta where they can hopefully find work. Instead, they end up sleeping on the streets until they have a chance at earning a little income -- a man has asked them to take his herd of pigs across a fast-moving river. The current is dangerous, and worse, the wife is pregnant and this would not be an easy task even if she were not. Undaunted and desperate, the couple accept the job and enter the river to face their destiny.