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directed by

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, starring

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and

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. The film was remade in Tamil as '' Chinnappadass'' with Sathyaraj. The film was the comeback film of Khanna after a five year hiatus from acting.

Cast

Soundtrack

Farooq Kaiser wrote the songs.

Reception

The film was a commercial success. ''Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema'' wrote of the film that it "created a fantasy world of sex, crime and sin despite its occasional references to the actual, widely reported death of a prostitute who ‘fell’ from a multi-storey block of flats belonging to a businessman suspected of criminal dealings."

References

External links

* 1987 films 1980s Hindi-language films 1980s Indian films Films directed by Mukul S. Anand Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal Hindi films remade in other languages {{1980s-Hindi-film-stub