This is an Indian movie directed by Shyam Benegal from a few decades ago. A simple teacher and his wife move into a village run by a rich man and his bullying sons. The teacher's wife gets abducted and raped by these goons. The teacher runs about desperately seeking every legal means at his disposal to rescue his wife but to no avail! His pitiable condition is heartbreaking. One of the goon's son is nicer and tries to help the abducted lady who is now captive in their house! They appear to grow fond of each other. Her husband waits in the temple in the hope that he will see his wife there one day and his wish comes true. She chides him for being a coward and not using a gun to shoot the goons when she was kidnapped and then she leaves him to go back to the Rich man/ Goon's house! This is the great irony of the film.
The teacher then enlists the help of the temple priest and a crowd of religious followers advances towards the goon's house. A fight ensues, a gun is used and the movie ends with all the goons being killed along with many innocent people! The teacher's wife tries to escape with the Rich man's good son but the crowd chases them too.
This is another realistic looking movie from Shyam Benegal with good performances by all actors.
Note: It is a low-budget movie shot in an Indian village like environment and so do not compare it to 'Godfather'!
Moral: An honest man has vary little recourse as a law-abiding citizen when he gets crushed in the cruel and devious world but when he seeks the help of the religion, the fanaticism/crowd mentality devours both the good and the bad!
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