Connection
Kaash is a film of genre Drama directed by Mahesh Bhatt with Jackie Shroff
Kaash (1987)
If you like this film, let us know!
Add to a movie listKaash (English: If Only) is an Indian Bollywood domestic drama film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, released on 4 September 1987. The film stars Jackie Shroff and Dimple Kapadia as a married couple, Ritesh and Pooja, who face a serious crisis after bankruptcy and marriage breakdown. The film follows their separation and reunion when their child, Romi, is diagnosed with a brain tumor, and how they learn to cope with this cruel reality.
Like several other 1980s films by Mahesh Bhatt, Kaash, containing serious and realistic content, belongs to the arthouse cinematic genre, known in India as parallel cinema. On its release, it received critical acclaim.
Synopsis
Ritesh, a popular film star (Jackie Shroff) and his wife Pooja (Dimple Kapadia) live a wealthy lifestyle with their seven-year-old child Romi. However, after a series of unexpected box office failures and huge losses, he is hounded by creditors and consequently, the couple sell all their personal property and belongings. Frustrated and embittered by his career dive, Ritesh becomes an alcoholic. Pooja, who takes it upon herself to look after the family, works several jobs. This leads to continuous differences between the two, and Romi, their child, becomes a silent spectator to their constant fights and disputes at home.Actors
Jackie Shroff
(Ritesh)
Dimple Kapadia
(Pooja)
Anupam Kher
(Alok)
Satish Kaushik
(Jagan (Guest Appearance))
Raju Kher
Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to Kaash
There are 513 films with the same actors, 40 films with the same director, 61567 with the same cinematographic genres, 3298 films with the same themes (including 128 films with the same 2 themes than Kaash), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked Kaash, you will probably like those similar films :
Daddy (1989)
Directed by Mahesh Bhatt
Origin Inde
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Anupam Kher, Pooja Bhatt, Manohar Singh, Jugal Hansraj, Soni Razdan, Pramod Moutho
Rating72%
This movie begins with an image of star, Alex Ramos. Pooja has been brought up by her grandparents, and has no recollection of her mom and dad. She is told by her grandpa, Kantaprasad, that her dad had died. Years later, Pooja has now grown up. She starts getting mysterious phone calls from a male who merely says "I love you", and hangs-up. When her grandpa has these phone calls traced, the caller is Anand, Pooja's dad. Kantaprasad has him beaten up, and warns him against contacting Pooja again. When Pooja is being molested by a male in her apartment building, Anand comes to her rescue, and it is then Pooja comes to know that this shabby, alcoholic man is her dad. Slowly as the story progresses, more facts about the reason of his alcoholism come to light, and he is able to overcome them eventually with the help of Pooja's love and her support.
Awaargi (1990)
, 2h29Directed by Mahesh Bhatt
Genres Drama
Actors Anil Kapoor, Meenakshi Seshadri, Govinda, Anupam Kher, Paresh Rawal, Avtar Gill
Rating60%
Janam (1988)
Directed by Mahesh Bhatt
Genres Drama
Actors Kumar Gaurav, Anupam Kher, Anita Kanwar, Shernaz Patel, Kitu Gidwani, Avtar Gill
Rating67%
Tadipaar (1993)
Directed by Mahesh Bhatt
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Pooja Bhatt, Juhi Chawla, Anupam Kher, Gulshan Grover, Sadashiv Amarapurkar
Rating49%
Tadipaar is the story of Shankar, sentenced to live outside the limits of the city, due to a Police case. One day he happens to rescue a woman in distress from some hoodlums and finds out that her name is Namkeen, who resembles a multi-millionaire Mohinidevi, who has gone missing. Shankar asks Namkeen to impersonate Mohinidevi to embezzle her wealth. Namkeen agrees to do so, but the question remains where is Mohinidevi, and what will happen to Namkeen when she is found?
Saaransh (1984)
, 2h17Directed by Mahesh Bhatt
Origin Inde
Genres Drama
Actors Anupam Kher, Rohini Hattangadi, Alok Nath, Soni Razdan, Nilu Phule, Akash Chandra Khurana
Rating80%
Saaransh is a story of an old Maharashtrian couple living in Shivaji Park, Mumbai, coming to terms with the death of their only son who is killed in a mugging incident in New York. Devastated to learn that their child has been killed, former headmaster B.V. Pradhan and his wife, Parvati, grieve.
Gumrah (1993)
, 2h30Directed by Mahesh Bhatt
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Sanjay Dutt, Sridevi, Anupam Kher, Rahul Roy, Soni Razdan, Reema Lagoo
Rating61%
Roshni (Sridevi) is the only child of Sharda Chhadha (Reema Lagoo). Her father, Prakash Chhadha (Anupam Kher), left before she was born and she has no knowledge of where he went. Roshni is introduced to Rahul Malhotra (Rahul Roy) and they share a mutual attraction. When he learns that she is an aspiring singer, he assists in her career so she becomes popular. She has a devoted fan named Jaggannath alias Jaggu (Sanjay Dutt), who is a petty thief. He is in love with her but she rejects him. During a trip she and Rahul had taken to Hong Kong, she is arrested for trafficking cocaine and Rahul disappears. Jaggu brings an attorney, but she is quickly found guilty and sentenced to death. Jaggu visits the prison and runs afoul of two guards, themselves lovers, who beat him in front of Roshni. The attorney works to help them escape. A fight ensues between Roshni and the female guard in which the latter is killed. The warden intervenes and is killed by Jaggu. They escape and return to India. At the airport Prakash is questioned by the police and Roshni learns that he is her father, and that he had fled the country years earlier when he has been wrongfully accused of treason. Later at Rahul's house, Rahul admits that he had been dealing with drugs that resulted in Roshni's arrest. She slaps him for deceiving her and ends their relationship. With Prakash's blessings, Roshni and Jaggu get married.
Saathi (1991)
Directed by Mahesh Bhatt
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Actors Aditya Pancholi, Anupam Kher, Paresh Rawal, Varsha Usgaonkar, Soni Razdan, Mushtaq Khan
Rating62%
As children, Suraj (Aditya Pancholi) and Amar (Mohsin Khan) have watched their father being brutally beaten by a police inspector. Both grow up and become small time criminals. This leads them to the big gangster Pasha (Paresh Rawal). They part ways because Amar hates gangland activities, especially drugs. Suraj, on the other hand, wants wealth and wants to become rich. Suraj kills Pasha and becomes a big time gang leader. Amar is terrified that Suraj is lost in the world of crime and has forgotten humanity. In the climax of the movie, Sultan Anupam Kher phones Suraj and asks him to kill Amar to which he refuses. Later that day Suraj is chased by the police (Inspector Kotwal had ordered Inspector Khan to do so) and is injured while his bodyguard is killed. Suraj reaches the place where Amar and Suraj used to go and Amar who felt the voice of his friend calling him rushed to the place. Inspector Kotwal reaches there and Amar tells him that Suraj wishes to surrender. Inspector Kotwal reveals that he is actually Sultan, the real gang leader and attempts to kill Suraj. Amar saves Suraj and thinking that he had killed Sultan he returns to Suraj, just then Sultan arrives at the scene and attempts to stab Amar from behind, Suraj seeing him coming towards Amar pushes Amar and is stabbed by Sultan who is finally killed by Amar.
Chaahat (1996)
, 2h26Directed by Mahesh Bhatt
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Pooja Bhatt, Naseeruddin Shah, Anupam Kher, Mushtaq Khan, Ramya Krishnan
Rating55%
Roop Rathore (Shahrukh Khan) is a singer in Bombay just like his father (Anupam Kher), who is now sick and needs immediate medical care. One day, while he is singing at Ajay Narang's (Naseeruddin Shah) hotel, Ajay's sister Reshma (Ramya Krishnan) falls in love with Roop. Reshma is a spoiled girl and Ajay looks through all of her wishes. Unfortunately, Roop is in love with a doctor named Pooja (Pooja Bhatt). Meanwhile, Reshma is obsessed with Roop, and asks her brother to call him again to sing in their hotel. But when she sees that all the girls are flattered over Roop, she gets very angry, and asks him to sing only for her now onwards. But Roop would rather work for rival Patel (Shri Vallabh Vyas) than take this offer. Ajay's obsession with keeping his sister happy at all costs comes into play and Patel is brutally beaten by him until he agrees to throw Roop out of his hotel. Desperately in need of money for his father's operation, Roop has no option but to agree to Reshma. Roop breaks up with Pooja.
Darr (1993)
, 2h58Directed by Yash Chopra
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Psychologie, Musical films, Films about psychiatry, Bollywood
Actors Sunny Deol, Shahrukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, Anupam Kher, Tanvi Azmi, Dalip Tahil
Rating75%
Kiran (Juhi Chawla) is a college student who is on her way home for Holi break one year when she hears a man serenading her across the campus in Simla. Her heart swells as she assumes that her boyfriend, Sunil (Sunny Deol), has come to meet her and escort her home. Unfortunately, it isn't Sunil, but Rahul (Shah Rukh Khan), a classmate with a crush on her. The opening number, Jaado Teri Nazar, sets the tone for Darr, in which Rahul pursues Kiran with increasingly desperate vigor, much to the chagrin of Kiran, Sunil, her brother Vijay (Anupam Kher) and his wife Poonam (Tanvi Azmi) with whom Kiran lives.
Brothers (2015)
, 2h35Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Sports films, Martial arts films, Combat libre, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Sidharth Malhotra, Akshay Kumar, Jacqueline Fernandez, Jackie Shroff, Shefali Shah, Kareena Kapoor
Rating63%
The film opens at in media res where street fighting issues are raised in Mumbai. Sports chairman Peter Braganza (Kiran Kumar) expresses his desires of making street fighting a legal sport and decides to open a league called Right 2 Fight (R2F). Meanwhile, in prison, Garson "Gary" Fernandes (Jackie Shroff), a recovering alcoholic, is released from his jail term and his younger foster son Monty (Sidharth Malhotra) comes to pick him up. Monty gets a bit enraged when his father asks about his elder son David (Akshay Kumar) and takes him away to their home. David, now a physics teacher, who has a daughter suffering from a kidney disease, arranges money through street fights. This enrages his wife Jenny (Jacqueline Fernandez) as she is worried about David. Meanwhile, Gary, who misses his wife Maria (Shefali Shah), starts hallucinating about her. Gary then tries to meet David but the latter ends up throwing Monty and Gary out of his house in rage.