Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!

Summons for Mohan Joshi) is a 1984 Hindi art film, made by Saeed Akhtar Mirza, based on his own story, during the Parallel Cinema period of Indian cinema.

[1] The film is a comic satire on a judicial system, where cases drag on for decades, where plaintiffs either die or lose hope and money, while the corrupt run scot free, thanks to their nexus with corrupt lawyers.

An elderly couple, Mohan Joshi (Bhisham Sahni) and his wife (Dina Pathak), sues their landlord (Amjad Khan) for not maintaining their 'collapsing' apartment building.

The court case drags on for years and the lawyers milk the old couple dry, while they become rich.

Finally, Joshi gathers all his strength and pulls down the temporary supports put up by the men causing the building to collapse on himself.