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2 March 1990 (USA)
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Police Inspector Ghote lives a middle-class life in Bombay along with his wife, Pratima. He has been employed with the Bombay Police for many years...
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Cast
(in credits order) | Naseeruddin Shah | ... | Inspector Ghote |
 | Stellan Skarsgård | ... | Axel Svensson |
| Amjad Khan | ... | Lala Heera Lal |
| Madhur Jaffrey | ... | Mrs. Lal |
| Annu Kapoor | ... | Tiny Man |
| Archana Puran Singh | ... | Miss Twinkle |
| Dalip Tahil | ... | Dilip Lal |
| Dinshaw Daji | ... | Mr. Perfect |
| Johnny Walker | ... | Jain |
| Mohan Agashe | ... | A.C.P. Samant |
| Rajesh Vivek | ... | Zero Police |
| Ratna Pathak | ... | Pratima Ghote (as Ratna Pathak Shah) |
| Salim Ghouse | ... | Caste-Marks Goonda |
| Sameer Kakkad | ... | Felix Sousa |
| Vinod Nagpal | ... | Minister |
 | Sakina Jaffrey | ... | Neena Lal (introducing) |
| Nayeem Hafizka | ... | Prem Lal (introducing) |
| Baba Majgoakar | ... | Jeweler |
| Viju Khote | ... | Head Constable |
| Wahid Chowhan | ... | Producer |
| Imaaduddin Shah | ... | Ved Ghote |
| Gopi Krishna | ... | Dance Master |
| Ashley D'Silva | ... | Photographer |
| Pearl Padamsee | ... | Nurse |
| Lilliput | ... | Black Shirt |
| P.M. Maniar | ... | Drunken Guest |
| Aida Noorani | ... | Student |
| Bomi Kapadia | ... | Sgt. Moos |
Directed by | |||
| Zafar Hai | |||
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| H.R.F. Keating | (screenplay) and | |
| Zafar Hai | (screenplay) | |
| H.R.F. Keating | (novel) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Richard Robbins | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Walter Lassally | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Charles Rees | |||
Casting by | |||
| Jennifer Jaffrey | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Sartaj Noorani | |||
| Kiran Patki | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Ram Yedekar | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Agnes Fernandes | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Sally Turner | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Mariam Samuel | .... | hair stylist (as Marium Samuel) | |
| Mustaque Sheikh | .... | makeup artist (as Mushtaq Sheikh) | |
Art Department | |||
| Tom Freeman | .... | property master | |
Sound Department | |||
| Prashant Gupta | .... | dubbing assistant: Bombay | |
| Richard King | .... | dubbing mixer | |
| Andrew Morris | .... | boom operator (as Andy Morris) | |
| Mike Shoring | .... | sound | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Mulchand Dedhia | .... | gaffer | |
| Tony Garrett | .... | assistant camera | |
| Jahangir Khan | .... | still photographer | |
| Gyanchand Rikki | .... | chief grip | |
| Sooni Taraporevala | .... | still photographer | |
Music Department | |||
| Keith Grant | .... | music mixer | |
| Zakir Hussain | .... | musician: tabla | |
| Sultan Khan | .... | musician: sarangi | |
| Harry Rabinowitz | .... | conductor | |
| Robert Stewart | .... | music associate | |
Other crew | |||
| Chris Allies | .... | title designer | |
| Joyce Barneto | .... | production secretary (as Joyce Barnetto) | |
| Rakesh Mehra | .... | production assistant | |
| Rambali Mishra | .... | production assistant | |
| Tabrez Noorani | .... | production assistant | |
| James O'Donnell | .... | forensic officer (uncredited) | |
Production Companies
- Merchant Ivory Productions (UK)
- Perfect Movie Productions (in association with)
- Enterprise (UK) (theatrical)
- Curzon Film Distributors (1988) (UK) (theatrical)
- Merchant Ivory Productions (1990) (USA) (theatrical)
- Criterion Collection, The (2005) (USA) (DVD) (in association with)
- Home Vision Entertainment (HVE) (2005) (USA) (DVD)
- Odyssey Video (2004) (UK) (DVD)
- Air India acknowledgements
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Well the film is a murder mystery and actually looks like an Indian film though it's a Hollywood film
It has Indian actors like Naseeruddin Shah, Amjad Khan, Dalip Tahil, Ratna Patak Shah
The film is a thriller and how a cop goes an investigates it
It touches on lots of topics on the problems cops face in India while solving cases albeit in a light manner
The film is serious and lighthearted at the right places and there is a nice balance
Direction is good Naseer essays his part with brilliance like always, One of India's finest actors Ratna Patak suits her role as his wife(in real life too she is his wife) Amjad Khan looks overweight and he is okay Dalip too is okay