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Tawaif

Tawaif

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Tawaif

1985

2h 40m

4.0(3 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

A courtesan accidentally comes to the house of a humble man and lives in the civil society without revealing about her profession. She falls for the man but her past forbids a union between them.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Rishi Kapoor

Rishi Kapoor

Dawood Mohammed Ali Khan Yusuf Zahi

Rati Agnihotri

Rati Agnihotri

Sultana

Poonam Dhillon

Poonam Dhillon

Kaynat Mirza

Ashok Kumar

Ashok Kumar

Mr. Nigam

Deepak Parashar

Deepak Parashar

Sulaiman

Asrani

Asrani

Constable Pandya

Kader Khan

Kader Khan

Rahim Sheikh

Iftekhar

Iftekhar

Lala Fakirchand

Sushma Seth

Sushma Seth

Amina Ba

Ashalata Wabgaonkar

Ashalata Wabgaonkar

Kaynat's mother

Creative team

Directed by: B.R. Chopra
Written by: Rahi Masoom Raza
Satish Bhatnagar
Produced by: R.C. Kumar

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