Insaf Ka Tarazu

{{Infobox film

| name = {{Lang|hi-latn|Insaf Ka Tarazu}}

| image = Insaf Ka Tarazu poster.jpg

| caption = Promotional poster

| director = B. R. Chopra

| producer = B. R. Chopra

| writer = Shabdkumar

| narrator =

| starring = Raj Babbar
Zeenat Aman
Padmini Kohlapure
Deepak Parashar

| music = Ravindra Jain

| cinematography = Dharam Chopra

| editing = S. B. Mane

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1980|11|11|df=y}}

| runtime =

| country = India

| language = Hindi

| budget =

}}

{{Lang|hi-latn|Insaf Ka Tarazu}} ({{Translation| The Scale of Justice}}) is a 1980 Hindi revenge drama film produced and directed by B. R. Chopra. The film stars Zeenat Aman, Raj Babbar, Deepak Parashar, Padmini Kolhapure, Iftekhar, Simi Garewal, Shreeram Lagoo, and Dharmendra in a Cameo.{{cite web|first=Prateek |last=Sur|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/art-entertainment/10-bollywood-films-whose-stories-revolve-around-rape-news-225215 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201204928/https://www.outlookindia.com/art-entertainment/10-bollywood-films-whose-stories-revolve-around-rape-news-225215 |date=29 September 2022|archive-date=1 December 2022 |title=10 Bollywood Films Whose Stories Revolve Around Rape |accessdate=10 February 2023|website=Outlook}} The music of the film was composed by Ravindra Jain.{{Cite web|author=Trehan, Madhu|author-link=Madhu Trehan|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-and-the-arts/films/story/19801130-insaaf-ka-tarazu-br-chopra-uses-all-the-stale-bombay-filmi-cliches-and-symbolisms-821642-2014-01-02|title=Insaaf Ka Tarazu: B.R. Chopra uses all the stale Bombay filmi cliches and symbolisms|website=India Today|date=30 November 1980}} It is a remake of the American film Lipstick (1976 film), starring real-life sisters Margaux Hemingway and Mariel Hemingway playing as sisters in the film.{{cite web | url=https://www.dailyo.in/arts/insaf-ka-tarazu-pink-good-women-patriarchy-lipstick-zeenat-aman-12973 | title=36 years ago, Insaf Ka Tarazu was as bold as Pink }} The film was remade later in Telugu as Edi Dharmam Edi Nyayam? (1982), and in Tamil as Neethi Devan Mayakkam. The film became a box office success upon release.{{cite web |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=186&catName=MTk4MA== |title=Insaf Ka Tarazu |website=boxofficeindia.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102005754/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=186&catName=MTk4MA%3D%3D |archive-date=2 January 2010}}

Plot

Bharti is a beautiful model, who is soon to marry Ashok.She gets raped by Ramesh so she approaches court. However, she is not able to get justice. Due to shame, she shifts to Pune where she takes job in a weapons store and her sister Neeta enrolls in a typing course. Neeta is raped by Ramesh so Bharti kills him. Bharti gives a stirring speech in court which forces judge to give her a light sentence and resign due to miscarriage of justice in the past.