One of the most attention grabbing movie of its times!!!
Indeed, this flick was a copy of the original english movie --> 12 Angry Men, but even then it had all the class and enigma of an original drama with a hung jury deciding the fate of an individual convicted for murder of his own father. Directed by the great Basu Chatterji, introduced a new set of actors all graduates from National School of Drama - like K.K.Raina, Pankaj Kappor, Annu Kapoor, S.M.Zaheer. The story was quite uniquely written by Mannu Bhandari titled Mahabhoj.
This movie got released in the year 1986 and proved that how a low budgeted, a semi-parallel cinema can do wonders at the box-office. This movie was a testimonial to the endurance in acting and drama skills' capabilities of not so profound but truly talented actors.
Twelve male members of a jury gather together in an enclosed room to deliberate their decision on a charge of murder against a young man who has been accused of killing his elderly father. All of the jury, except for one, are convinced of this young man's guilt, and they would like to convince their colleague also to come to the same unanimous decision. But will they be able to convince him to change his verdict? It finally boils down to a fight between facts and prejudices, a tussle between truth and assumptions, a fight between law and humanity. One dissenting juror tries to influence the verdict with his personal prejudices and biases. And the game makes a nose-dive when towards the ending part its one indiviual who stands on the other side of the grass and want to punish the convict against 11 other who wants to set him free!!!
A must watch flick for all movie buffs and for those who appreciate the real talent in acting, drama and story-line!!!
Summary:- This movie will not just give you the best time spending in years but it would also teach you a lesson as to how to handly cases with partial knowledge, how a logical rationale can save the life of an individual against prejudices and how do you chip in a thin line between personal and professional interests..Get set guys, go ahead and watch this flick...and do honours to the Great's who dedicated themselves in making this GEM!!!
