Aghaat

Aaghat
Film poster
Directed byGovind Nihalani
Written byVijay Tendulkar
Produced byManmohan Shetty
StarringNaseeruddin Shah
Om Puri
Bharath Gopi
CinematographyGovind Nihalani
Edited bySutanu Gupta
Music byVanraj Bhatia
Ajit Varman
Production
company
Neo Films Association
Release date
  • 29 August 1985 (1985-08-29)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Aghaat (English: Aggression, Assault, or Attack) is a 1985 Indian Bollywood Hindi language film directed by Govind Nihalani and produced by Manmohan Shetty under the banner of Neo Films Association. It stars Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah and Bharath Gopi in lead roles while Amrish Puri, Pankaj Kapur, K. K. Raina and Deepa Sahi and Sarika are in supporting roles. The film was written by Vijay Tendulkar, who also worked on the screenplay and dialogues alongside Vasant Dev.

Plot

Madhav Verma is a dedicated, honest, and diligent union representative. He represents the majority of the employees in an organization, which recognizes his union. However, there is a rival in the shape and form of Rustom Patel who is attempting to break the union so as to establish his majority, through his henchman Krishnan, and will not hesitate to stoop to any level to get what he wants. Chhotelal loses his legs in an industrial accident and must be hospitalized. Krishnan takes advantage of the situation and puts pressure on Chhotelal and his brothers (Achyut Potdar and Harish Patel) to enroll in his union, and he will get him a higher compensation package than his regular union. Madhav must use his utmost diligence and consistently uphold his principles as they will be put to a test before all logic gives way to violence, anarchy, apathy, and corruption.

Cast

Trivia

Nearly four decades after its release, Aghaat received a 4K restoration by the NFDC–National Film Archive of India. The restored film was screened in 2023 at the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival as part of a retrospective celebrating Bharath Gopy.

References

  1. ↑ "Aaghat Cast & Crew". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Aghaat (1985 - Hindi)". Gomolo. Archived from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Tiwari, Harsh (20 September 2026). "Aghaat brought working-class politics into Bollywood—from labour unrest to union rivalry". ThePrint. Retrieved 26 October 2026.
  4. ↑ Tiwari, Harsh (20 September 2026). "Aghaat brought working-class politics into Bollywood—from labour unrest to union rivalry". ThePrint. Retrieved 26 October 2026.