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The Man with the Axe

The Man with the Axe

Original Title: পরশুরাম

19791h 40m
Drama

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Release

1979

Runtime

1h 40m

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After being accused wrongly of theft, a slightly addled servant runs away to the city, carrying as his only real possession an axe, which he claims to have killed a tiger with. He takes up life among India's throngs of city-dwelling homeless, and for a little while almost has a decent time of it. He has a girlfriend, and one good friend, and gets by through begging and doing odd jobs.

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