Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!
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| Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! | |
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| Directed by | Saeed Akhtar Mirza |
| Produced by | Saeed Akhtar Mirza |
| Written by | Yusuf Mehta(Screenplay) Saeed Akhtar Mirza(Story) Sudhir Mishra(Dialogue) |
| Starring | Naseeruddin Shah Deepti Naval Bhisham Sahni Dina Pathak |
| Music by | Vanraj Bhatia |
| Cinematography | Virendra Saini |
| Editing by | Renu Saluja |
| Release date(s) | 1984 |
| Running time | 130 min |
| Country |  India |
| Language | Hindi |
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Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! (Summons for Mohan Joshi ) is a 1984 Hindi art film, made by Saeed Akhtar Mirza, based on his own story.
The film is a comic satire on a judicial system, where cases drag on for decades, where plaintives either die or loose hope and money, while the corrupt run scot free, thanks to their nexus with corrupt lawyers.
The film won the 1984 National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare.
[edit] Synopsis
An old couple, Mohan Joshi (Bhisham Sahni) and his wife (Dina Pathak) decides to sue their landlord (Amjad Khan) for not maintaining their 'collapsing' apartment building. For this, they hire two cunning lawyers (Naseeruddin Shah and Satish Shah), while Rohini Hattangadi is the opposition lawyer.
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.
The film provides deep insight into the struggles of Indian 'middle class', which rarely gets space on the film screen.
[edit] Cast
- Naseeruddin Shah
- Bhisham Sahni
- Dina Pathak
- Deepti Naval
- Mohan Gokhale
- Rohini Hattangadi
- Pankaj Kapur
- Amjad Khan
- Satish Shah
- Salim Ghouse
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