Silence! The Court Is in Session (movie)
Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe- User score: 9.8
- Production country: India
- Producer: Satyadev Dubey
- Release date: 1/1/1971
- Run time: 103 min.
Movie description
A political and social satire on middle-class society's hypocrisy. A group of teachers plan to stage a play in a village. When a cast-member does not show up, a local stagehand is asked to replace him. An improvised, free-flowing 'rehearsal' is arranged and a mock trial is staged to help the novice understand court procedures. A (mock) charge of infanticide is levelled against Miss Benare, another cast-member. Suddenly the pretend-play turns into an accusatory game when it emerges from the trial that Miss Benare is carrying an out-of-wedlock child from her failed illicit relationship with Professor Damle, the missing cast-member.
