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MAACHIS (1996)

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Film details

Featuring

Chandrachur Singh Tabu Om Puri
Director

Gulzar
Country

India
Year

1996
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Set during the period of the 1984 riots in India and the assassination of Indira Gandhi, the film tells the story of two childhood friends, one of whom is unjustly imprisoned and tortured. The other cannot accept the way his friend has suffered and leaves home to join a group of young men who have suffered injustice and eventually he becomes involved in acts of violence.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Pali
    
    Chandrachur Singh
  - Viran
    
    Tabu
  - Terrorist Leader
    
    Om Puri
  - cast member
    
    Kulbhushan Kharbanda
  - cast member
    
    Kanwaljeet
  - cast member
    
    Raj Zutshi
  - cast member
    
    Shergil, Jasjeet
  - cast member
    
    Navindra Bahl
  - cast member
    
    Amrik Gill
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Gulzar
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Pan Pictures
  - Producer
    
    R.V. Pandit
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Gulzar
  Photography:
  - Photography
    
    Manmohan Singh
  Design:
  - Art Director
    
    Nitin Desai
  Music:
  - Lyricist
    
    Gulzar
  - Playback singer
    
    Hariharan
  - Playback singer
    
    Suresh Wadkar
  - Music Director
    
    Vishal Bharadwaj
  Choreography:
  - Choreography
    
    Ahmed Khan
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    Narinder Singh

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