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A Standstill Decision is a film of genre Drama directed by Basu Chatterjee with Pankaj Kapur

A Standstill Decision (1986)

A Standstill Decision
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Length 1h57
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Genres Drama
Rating82% 4.1398654.1398654.1398654.1398654.139865

Ek Ruka Hua Faisla (Hindi: एक रुका हुआ फैसला, ('A Pending Decision ')) is a 1986 Hindi film, directed by Basu Chatterjee. It is a remake of the Golden Bear winning, American motion picture 12 Angry Men (1957), which was directed by Sidney Lumet, the film in turn was an adaptation from a teleplay of the same name by Reginald Rose.

Synopsis

The story begins in a courtroom where a teenage boy from a city slum is on trial for stabbing his father to death. Final closing arguments have been presented, and the judge then instructs the jury to decide whether the boy is guilty of murder. The judge further informs them that a guilty verdict will be accompanied by a mandatory death sentence. The twelve-man jury retires to a private room, where they spend a short while getting acquainted before they begin deliberating. It is immediately apparent that the jurors have already decided that the boy is guilty, and that they plan to return their verdict quickly, without taking time for discussion – with the sole exception of Juror Number 8 (K.K. Raina). His is the only "not guilty" vote in a preliminary tally. He explains that there is too much at stake for him to go along with the verdict without at least talking about it first. His vote annoys the other jurors, particularly Juror 7 (M. K. Raina), who has tickets to Dilip Kumar's movie Mashal.

Actors

Pankaj Kapur

(Juror #3)
K. K. Raina

(Juror #8)
Annu Kapoor

(Juror #9)
Hemant Mishra

(Juror #6)
S.M. Zaheer
M.K. Raina

(Juror #7)
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