Zed, en ung britisk rapper, er i ferd med å starte sin første verdensturné, når en lamslående sykdom rammer ham, og han blir tvunget til å flytte tilbake til familien. Han prøver å finne seg mellom en internasjonal musikkarriere og pakistanske familietradisjoner.
Bano and her fiance face the trials and tribulations caused by the 1947 Indian partition.
Based on the novel by Bhisham Sahni, Tamas is an epic drama set against the backdrop of riot-stricken North India on the eve of Partition in 1947. Nathu, an outcast, is hired to kill a pig, whose carcass he’s later appalled to find in front of the mosque. A riot follows and, ridden with guilt, Nathu takes his ailing mother and pregnant wife and leaves town.
