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
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
Mohan Gokhale
Rohini Hattangadi
Opposing Lawyer
Pankaj Kapur
Amjad Khan
Kundan Kapadia
I. E. Babu Kumar
Rakesh Joshi
Deepti Naval
Dina Pathak
Joshi's Wife
Details.
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.