The Extended Canon
Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Aata Hai
अल्बर्ट पिंटो को गुस्सा क्यूँ आता है · 1980
A Goan Catholic mechanic who admires his rich clients slowly works out whose side the strike is on.
- Director
- Saeed Akhtar Mirza
- Year
- 1980
- Genre
- Drama · Political
- Cast
- Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil
Why it's in the canon
The best film about class consciousness arriving late and painfully.
A Goan Catholic mechanic who admires his rich clients slowly works out whose side the strike is on.
Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Aata Hai sits in the 1980s alongside Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro and Umrao Jaan — a decade this canon treats as formative.
The Bollywood 100The essentials
- Directed by Saeed Akhtar Mirza — also responsible for Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro.
- Released in 1980, in the 1980s — see everything else from that decade.
- Filed under Drama, Political.
- Read more on Wikipedia, check the full crew on IMDb, or find a legal stream via JustWatch.
Film record Wikipedia — Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Aata Hai (1980) · data last revised 9 August 2026 · title, year, director and cast are read from that article; this site keeps no independent print record and does not claim one
Editorial Inclusion in the extended canon, unranked — not a measurement · last revised 9 August 2026 · signed by Amit Sharma · the scoring is published in full so the machinery can be argued with, not just the result
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