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Ijaazat
Sign in to saveIjaazat () is a 1987 Indian Hindi-language musical romance film directed by Gulzar, based on a Bengali story, Jatugriha, by Subodh Ghosh, which had earlier been adapted in Bengali in 1964 as a movie with the same name. Starring Rekha, Naseeruddin Shah, Anuradha Patel in lead roles, the film followed the story of couple who are separated and who accidentally meet in a railway station waiting room and discover some truths about their lives without each other. The film belongs to the art-house genre in India known as Parallel Cinema, and won two National Film Awards in the music category.
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6.2An estranged couple accidentally meet in a railway station's waiting room and revisit their past.
Cast
- Rekha as Sudha
- Naseeruddin Shah as Mahinder
- Anuradha Patel as Maya
- Rammohan Sharma
- Sulabha Deshpande as Parvati
- Dina Pathak
Themes
- india
- permission to marry
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- India
- Original language
- Hindi
- Director
- Gulzar
- Screenwriter
- Subodh Ghosh
- Cast member
- Anuradha Patel
- Composer
- R. D. Burman
- Cinematographer
- Ashok Mehta
- Performer
- R. D. Burman
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- publication date
- 1987-01-01
- inception
- 1987-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Reception
- Awards
- Music
- References
- External links
Ijaazat () is a 1987 Indian Hindi-language musical romance film directed by Gulzar, based on a Bengali story, Jatugriha, by Subodh Ghosh, which had earlier been adapted in Bengali in 1964 as a movie with the same name. Starring Rekha, Naseeruddin Shah, Anuradha Patel in lead roles, the film followed the story of couple who are separated and who accidentally meet in a railway station waiting room and discover some truths about their lives without each other. The film belongs to the art-house genre in India known as Parallel Cinema, and won two National Film Awards in the music category.
A book based on the film titled ''Gulzar's Ijaazat: Insights into the film'' by Pakistani author Mira Hashmi was launched in June 2019.
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