Bara

Based on the Kannada novel Bara by eminent writer U. R. Ananthamurthy, the story deals with the politics of famine in Karnataka. An idealistic officer eventually succumbs to bureaucratic apathy - famine relief arrives, but too late. Simultaneously shot in Hindi as Sookha; that version was released in 1983.

Director: M.S. Sathyu

Cast: Anant Nag, C. R. Simha, Pankaj Dheer, Shivaram, Uma Shivakumar, Loveleen Madhu, Veeraj Bayakod, Nitin Sethi

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.