''Act 1978'' ( kan, ಆಕ್ಟ್ ೧೯೭೮ ) is a 2020

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

social thriller A social thriller is a film genre using elements of suspense and horror to augment instances of apparent oppression in society. The genre gained attention in 2017 with the release of Jordan Peele's ''Get Out'', a film highlighting occurrences ...

film directed by Manjunatha Somashekara Reddy (Mansore) and produced by Devaraj R This was the first Kannada film to be released in theatres after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Plot

Geetha, a pregnant widow, goes to a government office as part of her long and continuous ordeal to get money already sanctioned by the government, but kept on the backburner by officials of the concerned department. Tired of being asked for bribes, Geetha takes the violent route to get her due. The movie plays out like a game of chess. 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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2020 films 2020s Kannada-language films Films shot in Karnataka Indian thriller drama films {{Kannada-film-stub