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Janam is a film of genre Drama directed by Mahesh Bhatt with Kumar Gaurav
Janam (1988)
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Add to a movie listJanam ("Birth") is a 1985 Hindi film directed and written by Mahesh Bhatt. It is one of the autobiographical films Bhatt created in the early part of his career.
Actors
Kumar Gaurav
(Rahul Desai)
Anupam Kher
(Virendra Desai)
Anita Kanwar
(Nalini)
Shernaz Patel
(Rohini Rahul Desai)
Kitu Gidwani
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