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Release Year2003
Runtime2h 17m
LanguageHindi
CertificationNR
GenresDrama
Votes2
DirectorSanjay Jha
WritersMahesh Manjrekar, Sanjay Pawar
TypeFeature Film
Rating7.5 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsPraan Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye
About Praan Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye
Aman Joshi (Aman Verma) is on a research assignment. His subject is the chawl dwellers in Bombay City. He rents a small tenement there and talks to the people living there. He soon gets involved in their lives, and even gets attracted to plain-looking Saundarya (Divya Mirza), who he transforms into a beauty, after a cosmetic makeover. Aman's kindness is mistaken for generosity by all the chawl dwellers, and they swarm him for his money, trying to get loans and gifts, to improve their lives. Then the lives of this small community are turned upside down, when the owner announces that he intends to tear the building down.
Directed by Sanjay Jha, Praan Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye leans on a strong ensemble — Raveena Tandon, Namrata Shirodkar, Rinke Khanna — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 2003.
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