Kisaan

Kisaan (Hindi: किसान Kisān) is a 2009 Bollywood film directed by Puneet Sira., which focuses on Farmers' suicides in India Its title is Hindi for "farmer".

Plot

Widower farmer, Dayal Singh, based in Palheri in the District of Chandigarh, witnesses the exploitation of farmers at the hands of Zamindars. He decides to send his elder son, Aman, to the city to study and become a lawyer, while his second son, Jiggar, would live with him and assist him in farming. Years later, the district gets a visit from Sohan Seth, who wants to buy the farm and turn the area into a commercial zone. Aman returns home and is able to join hands with his father and brother in advising the locales against Sohan. Things get out of hand when Jiggar is arrested for Assault, and even though Aman defends him, is sentenced to five years in prison. After his discharge, Jiggar returns home to find his father bed-ridden, half of his body paralyzed, a number of farmers have committed suicide, while Aman, who has married his sweetheart-fellow lawyer, Priya, lives in the city, works for Sohan, and has been putting pressure on Dayal as well as other farmers to sell their respective farmlands.

Kisan (film)

Kisan is a Malayalam film directed by Sibi Malayil released in the year 2006. The film stars Kalabhavan Mani, Bhavana, Biju Menon, Geethu Mohandas. This film was first titled Ilakal Pacha Pookal Manja and was planned to release in early 2004, but because of some technical difficulties, the film was shelved and restarted shooting in 2006.

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