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HAFTA VASULI (1998)

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Film details

Featuring

Aditya Pancholi Ayub Khan Jackie Shroff
Director

Deepak Balraj Vij
Country

India
Year

1998
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

VASULI Working

Synopsis

On the theme of corruption and how ingrained it has become in Indian society. The story revolves around Salim, a hard-working student, whose family run a small book stall. One day a group of villains arrive to collect their 'hafta' - protection money. Salim accidentally kills one of the men who tries to harm his father and he ends up in prison. What he sees and experiences makes him determined to make it his mission to fight corruption at grassroots level.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Salim
    
    Aditya Pancholi
  - police officer
    
    Ayub Khan
  - government servant
    
    Jackie Shroff
  - cast member
    
    Madhoo
  - cast member
    
    Saadhika
  - cast member
    
    Manek Bedi
  - cast member
    
    Gulshan Grover
  - cast member
    
    Hemant Birje
  - cast member
    
    Laxmikant Berde
  - cast member
    
    Anand Balraj
  - cast member
    
    Arun Bakshi
  - cast member
    
    Yunus Parwaiz
  - cast member
    
    Anil Nagrath
  - cast member
    
    Tej Sapru
  - cast member
    
    Surendra Pal
  - cast member
    
    Ramesh Bhatkar
  - cast member
    
    Rohini Hattangadi
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Deepak Balraj Vij
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Seven Mountain Movies
  - Producer
    
    Deepak Balraj Vij
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Yunus Sajawal
  - Dialogue
    
    Jalees Sherwani
  Photography:
  - Photography
    
    Kishore Kapadia
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Prashant Khedekar
  - Editor
    
    Vinod Nayak
  Design:
  - Art Director
    
    Madhu Kamble
  Music:
  - Lyricist
    
    Bali Brahmbhatt
  - Playback singer
    
    Bali Brahmbhatt
  - Music Director
    
    Rajesh Roshan
  Choreography:
  - Choreography
    
    Jay Borade

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