Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! (1984)
2h 10m
Running Time
January 1, 1984Release Date
Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! (1984)
2h 10m
Running Time
January 1, 1984Release Date
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Plot.
An old couple, Mohan Joshi and his wife, sues their landlord for not maintaining their 'collapsing' apartment building. For this, they hire two cunning lawyers. The court case drags on for years and the lawyers milk the old couple dry, while they become rich. Back home in the society, the old couple is ridiculed for fighting the landlord, but they fight on nevertheless.
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Cast & Crew.
Salim Ghouse
Lawyer
Bhisham Sahni
Mohan Joshi
Rohini Hattangadi
Opposing Lawyer
Dina Pathak
Rohini Joshi
Mohan Gokhale
Sudhir Joshi
Amjad Khan
Kundan Kapadia
Deepti Naval
Asha Joshi
Saeed Akhtar Mirza
Director
Yusuf Mehta
Writer
Sudhir Mishra
Writer
Vanraj Bhatia
Composer
Naseeruddin Shah
Malkani
Virendra Saini
Cinematographer
Renu Saluja
Editor
Ashutosh Thakur
Satish Shah
Lawyer
Details.
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Wiki.
Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! (transl. Summons for Mohan Joshi) is a 1984 Hindi art film, made by Saeed Akhtar Mirza, based on his own story, during the Parallel Cinema period of Indian cinema.The film is a comic satire on a judicial system, where cases drag on for decades, where plaintiffs either die or lose hope and money, while the corrupt run scot free, thanks to their nexus with corrupt lawyers.
It won the 1984 National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare.