TV series · 1988
Tamas
“An unforgettable saga of partition”
First aired 9 January 1988 Drama TMDB ↗
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.
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Iftekhar
as Ehsan Ali
Dina Pathak
as Banto
Saeed Jaffrey
as Karim Khan
Amrish Puri
as Sardar Teja Singh
Uttara Baokar
as Jasbir
Surekha Sikri
as Rajo
Om Puri
as Nathu
Pankaj Kapur
as Thekedar
Deepa Sahi
as Kammo
Manohar Singh
as Hayat Baksh
Bhisham Sahni
as Harnam Singh
K.K. Raina
as Mirdad
Surendra Pal
as Shah Nawaz
