''Anjuman'' (English: ''Congregation'') is a 1986 Hindi drama film directed by

Muzaffar Ali Muzaffar Ali (born 21 October 1944) is an Indian filmmaker, fashion designer, poet, artist, cultural revivalist, and social worker. Biography Raja Muzaffar was born in Lucknow of the erstwhile United Provinces, British India, in 1944. The elde ...

, starring

Shabana Azmi Shabana Azmi (born 18 September 1950) is an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. Her career in the Hindi cinema, Hindi film industry has spanned Shabana Azmi filmography, over 160 films, mostly within independent and neorealist paral ...

Farooque Shaikh Farooq Sheikh (25 March 1948 − 28 December 2013) was an Indian actor, philanthropist and television presenter. He was best known for his work in Hindi films from 1973 to 1993 and for his work in television between 1988 and 2002. He returned to ...

and

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in lead roles. Set in

Lucknow Lucknow () is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and the largest city of the List of state and union territory capitals in India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is the administrative headquarters of the epon ...

, it deals with exploitation of women and problems of local " chikan" embroidery workers. ''Anjuman'' has music by

Khayyam Ghiyāth al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm Nīshābūrī (18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131) ( Persian: غیاث الدین ابوالفتح عمر بن ابراهیم خیام نیشابورﻯ), commonly known as Omar Khayyam (), was ...

, with lyrics by noted Urdu poet Shahryar, with three songs sung by lead actress Shabana Azmi, who agreed to do playback singing. Noted actor Farooque Shaikh worked in three films with Muzaffar Ali, with the others being ''

Gaman Gaman () is a Hindi film released in 1978, starring Farooq Sheikh and Smita Patil in the lead roles and introducing Nana Patekar in a supporting role. It is the directorial debut of Muzaffar Ali, who went on to make '' Umrao Jaan'' (1981). Th ...

'' (1978) and '' Umrao Jaan'' (1981).

Cast

as Anjuman *

Farooq Shaikh Farooq Sheikh (25 March 1948 − 28 December 2013) was an Indian actor, philanthropist and television presenter. He was best known for his work in Hindi films from 1973 to 1993 and for his work in television between 1988 and 2002. He returned to ...

as Sajid (Sajju) *

as Dr. Suchitra Sharma *

Mushtaq Khan Mushtaq Khan (born December 31, 1959) is an Indian film and television actor and comedian who has worked in several Bollywood, Hindi films in a career spanning three decades. He is best known for his roles in films like ''Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke ...

as Banke Nawab *

Shaukat Azmi Shaukat Kaifi (21 October 1926 – 22 November 2019), also credited as Shaukat Azmi, was an Indian theater and film actress. Her husband was the Urdu poet and film lyricist, Kaifi Azmi. The couple were leading lights of the Indian People's Th ...

Music

The music was by

, with lyrics by Shahryar and

Faiz Ahmad Faiz Chaudhry Faiz Ahmad Faiz (13 February 1911 – 20 November 1984) was a Pakistani poet and author of Punjabi language, Punjabi and Urdu literature. Faiz was one of the most celebrated, popular, and influential Urdu writers of his time, and his ...

, with three song sung by Shabana Azmi, a rare feat for her career. * "Kab Yaad Me Tera Saath Nahin" — Jagjit Kaur, Khayyam * "Main Raah Kab Se Nayi Zindagi Ki" —

* "Tujhse Hoti Bhi To Kya" — Shabana Azmi * "Aisa Nahin Ki Isko" — Shabana Azmi * "Gulab Jism Ka" — Bhupinder Singh, Shabana Azmi

References

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* 1986 films 1980s Hindi-language films 1980s Indian films Films directed by Muzaffar Ali Films scored by Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Indian drama films Films set in Lucknow 1980s Urdu-language films 1986 drama films Hindi-language drama films Faiz Ahmad Faiz Urdu-language Indian films {{1980s-Hindi-film-stub