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One of Indian cinema’s most daring voices and a master at portraying complex moral dilemmas, Govind Nihalani’s cinema presented audiences with the gritty, realist version of the ‘angry young man’ popularised by Amitabh Bachchan and Salim-Javed in the 70s. Unlike the more populist action potboilers, Nihalani’s films were more openly politically committed in portraying the anguish of ...
9 de nov. de 2023 · Drishti is a 1990 Hindi film directed by Govind Nihalani, and stars Dimple Kapadia, Shekhar Kapur and Irrfan Khan. The film is one of the rare film to have music direction by noted classical singer, Kishori Amonkar with lyrics by Vasant Dev. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi for 1990. 11.
20 de dic. de 2021 · Almost every cop film that followed Govind Nihalani’s Ardh Satya owes an allegiance to the hard-hitting edgy drama in one way or another.The stunning film was released during the year when Jeetendra’s Hyderabad-cooked sambhar-dramas Himmatwala, Mawaali, and Justice Chowdhary ruled the box office.It was also the year when Rajesh Khanna had his last spate of hits as a leading man in Avtaar ...
Govind Nihalani’s work, more specifically his brilliant, yet often overlooked, film Aghaat (1985), with a screenplay by playwright Vijay Tendulkar, follows the feud between Madhav Verma (Om Puri), the representative of an established union, and Rustom Patel (Naseeruddin Shah), leader of an opportunist faction which is being used by their employer (Shivalik Engineering) to institute a policy ...
16 de jul. de 2019 · Tamas (तमस/Darkness) is a period television film directed by Govind Nihalani. It is based on the Hindi novel of the same name by Bhishm Sahni (1974), which w...
11 de jun. de 2004 · Dev: Directed by Govind Nihalani. With Amitabh Bachchan, Om Puri, Fardeen Khan, Kareena Kapoor. Joint Commissioner of Police Dev Pratap Singh, a duty-bound, self-righteous officer, and Special Commissioner Tejinder Khosla, the balancing force between the political interests of Chief Minister Bhandarker and Dev's commitment to the law, are lifelong friends, each with his own ideals.
The Cinema of Govind Nihalani. Until now, Govind Nihalani has worked on 19 major projects. In this century, he worked on movies like Deham (2001), Dev (2004), Kamlu Happy Happy, and Ti ani Itar (2017). Kamlu Happy Happy is still under production and it is a 3D animated movie for the kids. We expect it to be released soon.
