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.
Length 117 minutes
Anant Nag | C R Simha | Pankaj Dheer | Shivaram | Uma Shivakumar | Loveleen Madhu | Veeraj Bayakod | Nitin Sethi | M. V. Narayanarao | Vaijanath Biradar