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directed by Raghuveer Kul. It starred

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in lead roles. The pair later worked together in Vinod Chopra's ''

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'' and his own directorial debut, '' Prahaar''. This film also starred

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, Anupam Kher among others.

Plot

Abdul is a truck driver plagued with severe alcoholism and depression that causes him to want to end his life. One day another truck driver shows him a newspaper advertisement that offers help for suicide-ridden youth. Abdul decides to try them out and travels all the way to the countryside. Once there he is joined by four other youths, including a printing press proof-reader, Prakash Raikar; a young woman, Maya, who had been molested and hates men, as well as two other males, which include Sunil, who is gay. They meet with the person who placed the advertisement, a wheelchair-using former Indian Army Major Vishwas Sawant and his assistant, Vasu Mudaliar. The two are escaped convicts by the names of Jagga and Badri, that seek their patient's deaths.

Cast

as Abdul *

as Maya *

as Badrinath Chawla "Badri" / Vasu Mudaliar * Anupam Kher as Jagmohan Sharma "Jagga" / Major Vishwas Sawant * Aloknath as Father Braganza *

Nilu Phule Nilu Phule (Marathi pronunciation: iɭuː pʰuleː 4 April 1930 - 13 July 2009) was an Indian actor known for his roles in Marathi movies and Marathi theatre. Nilu Phule acted in around 250 Marathi and Hindi movies during his film career. He ...

as Social Worker *

Shreechand Makhija Shreechand Makhija (born 20 March 1940) is an Indian film and television actor. He has appeared in a number of serials as well as films and is prominently known for his role of Chaurasia in the Indian sitcom '' Nukkad'' on Doordarshan. He ha ...

as Mr. Makhija *

K. K. Raina K. K. Raina is an Indian film, television and theatre character actor and award-winning script writer, who is best known for his roles as ''Juror #8'' in the 1986 film ''Ek Ruka Hua Faisla'', a remake of 12 Angry Men, and Byomkesh Bakshi's asso ...

as Prakash Raikar *

Jayshree T. Jayshree Talpade (born c. 1953) is an Indian actress and dancer who mostly plays in Bollywood films. Career Talpade began her career at age 5 in 1958 with ''Goonj Uthi Shehnai''. She gained popularity when she started performing item dances i ...

as Courtesan

Soundtrack

External links

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