Gawaahi Knowpia

Gawaahi
Gawaahi
	Gawaahi
Directed by	Anant Balani
Based on	The Night of January 16th; by Ayn Rand
Produced by	Rajiv Mehra,; Aditya Raj Kapoor
Starring	Zeenat Aman; Shekhar Kapur; Ranjeeta Kaur; Ashutosh Gowariker
Music by	Uttam-Jagdish; Sardar Anjum (lyrics)
Release date	1989 (India);
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Gawaahi (English: Testimony) is a 1989 Bollywood film directed by Anant Balani. It was his directorial debut.^[1] The film stars Zeenat Aman, Shekhar Kapur, Ranjeeta Kaur and Ashutosh Gowariker. It was based on the 1934 play The Night of January 16th, a courtroom drama by Ayn Rand.^[2]^[3]

Plot edit

A courtroom drama around the disclosures and cross-examinations of key witnesses of mysterious death of leading business tycoon Ranjeet Chaudhary (Shekhar Kapoor).

Cast edit

Zeenat Aman as Janhavi Kaul
Tanuja as Advocate Bharucha
Shekhar Kapur as Ranjeet Chaudhary
Ranjeeta Kaur as Shashi Chaudhary
Ashutosh Gowariker as Sayed Akhtar Rampuri
Vikram Gokhale as Prosecutor Tiwari
Vivek Vaswani as Tejchand Advani
Avinash Kharshikar as Ramakant Shinde
Hosi Vasunia as Inspector Vasunia
Shammi as Betty Lobo
Ravi Patwardhan as Judge
G.P. Singh as Colonel Ghai
Rakesh Shrivastav as building watchman
Gautam Siddharth as handwriting expert

Crew edit

Director: Anant Balani
Dialogues: Hemendra Bhatia
Producers: Rajiv Mehra, Adityaraj Kapoor

Soundtrack edit

All lyrics are written by Sardar Anjum; all music is composed by Uttam-Jagdish

No.	Title	Singer(s)
1.	"Bhool Bhulaiyya Sa Yeh Jeevan"	Pankaj Udhas, Anuradha Paudwal
2.	"Dekh Ke Tumko"	Pankaj Udhas, Anuradha Paudwal
3.	"Dil Ki Baatein Hain"	Pankaj Udhas, Anuradha Paudwal
4.	"Khat Mein Likha Hai"	Anuradha Paudwal

References edit

^ Iyer, Shilpa Bharatan (3 September 2003). "Anant Balani: Indian Director". Variety.
^ "Eyecatchers: Baba Amte nominated for prestigious UN Human Rights Award". India Today. 31 December 1988.
^ Vijayakar, Rajiv (10 December 2010). "That Touch of Class". The Financial Express. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014.

External links edit

Gawaahi at IMDb

[1] Iyer, Shilpa Bharatan (3 September 2003). "Anant Balani: Indian Director". Variety.

[2] "Eyecatchers: Baba Amte nominated for prestigious UN Human Rights Award". India Today. 31 December 1988.

[3] Vijayakar, Rajiv (10 December 2010). "That Touch of Class". The Financial Express. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014.

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