Death Penalty
1981, Hindi. Directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra.
Based on Vinod Chopra's diploma film at FTII, Murder at Monkey Hill (1976), adapted into a full-length feature with Naseeruddin Shah and Radha Saluja, respectively, playing the roles that he, himself, and Anjali Paigankar had played in the short film.
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- Hindi
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- Released
- 1 January 1981
- Original title
- Sazaye Maut
- Written by
- Vidhu Vinod Chopra
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Death Penalty (1981) was directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and stars Naseeruddin Shah, Radha Saluja, Aanjjan Srivastav.