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Khamosh

Khamosh

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Khamosh

"Classic whodunit"

1986

1h 42m

7.4(7 votes)

Mystery

Thriller

Overview

A young actress is found to have committed suicide at the filming location. Things take a different turn when further investigation reveals it to be a cold-blooded murder and the killer is someone within the film crew.

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Vidhu Vinod Chopra Productions

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Naseeruddin Shah

Naseeruddin Shah

Captain Rajeev Bakshi

Amol Palekar

Amol Palekar

Amol Palekar

Shabana Azmi

Shabana Azmi

Shabana Azmi

Soni Razdan

Soni Razdan

Soni Razdan

Sushma Seth

Sushma Seth

Leela Bahal

Ajit Vachani

Ajit Vachani

Dayal Prabhu

Sadashiv Amrapurkar

Sadashiv Amrapurkar

Chandran

Pankaj Kapur

Pankaj Kapur

Kuku

Avtar Gill

Avtar Gill

Dilawar Khan

Pavan Malhotra

Pavan Malhotra

Pankaj

Creative team

Directed by: Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Written by: Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Produced by: Vidhu Vinod Chopra

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