Ett drama om rapparen Zed som strax innan han ska ut på världsturné drabbas av en svår sjukdom. Han blir strandad hos sin familj i London och börjar nu långsamt omvärdera sitt förhållande till den pakistanska kultur där han har sina rötter.
Bano and her fiance face the trials and tribulations caused by the 1947 Indian partition.
Based on the novel by Bhisham Sahni, Tamas is an epic drama set against the backdrop of riot-stricken North India on the eve of Partition in 1947. Nathu, an outcast, is hired to kill a pig, whose carcass he’s later appalled to find in front of the mosque. A riot follows and, ridden with guilt, Nathu takes his ailing mother and pregnant wife and leaves town.
