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ACT-1978 review
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Summary
ACT-1978 (2020, Kannada) has not been rated yet; 2 reviews read, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Prime Video in India.
Geetha, a pregnant widow, goes to a government office as part of her long and continuous ordeal to get money from a government scheme that is hers. What seems to be a normal day of bureaucracy and corruption goes awry when she lands up with a bomb strapped to her stomach.
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Cast & crew
Cast
Directed by Mansore · written by Dayanand T K & Veerendra Mallanna · music Ronada Bakkesh
MansoreDirector
Dayanand T KWriter
Veerendra MallannaWriter
Ronada BakkeshMusic
Satya HegdeCinematography
Nagendra K UjjaniEditing
Yagna ShettyLead
Achyuth Kumar
Pramod Shetty
B Suresha
Avinash
H. G. Dattatreya
Shobhraj
Krishna Hebbale
Shruti
Sudha Belawadi
Vijay Krishna
Full crew
SoundMahavir Sabannavar
LyricsJayanth Kaikini
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Summary
Geetha, a pregnant widow, goes to a government office as part of her long and continuous ordeal to get money from a government scheme that is hers. What seems to be a normal day of bureaucracy and corruption goes awry when she lands up with a bomb strapped to her stomach.
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Availability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.Not streaming yet
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What the critics said
2 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
The critic’s own number where they gave one
Shree D N · 20 Nov 2020
Act 1978 review: A hostage drama that leaves you misty-eyed Read it there →
Published · 4/5
Filmi’s reading 80
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Varun · YouTube, Kannada · transcript read · 20 Nov 2020
Varun calls ACT-1978 a good film and a good effort, praising a lead performance as brilliant and saying the film's many story threads all land… Watch it there →
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Where can I watch ACT-1978?
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What did critics say about ACT-1978?
We have read 2 reviews of ACT-1978, not yet enough to publish a Filmi Score (the score appears once at least three readings exist). They are listed below.
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