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Prahaar (1991)
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Add to a movie listPrahaar is a 1991 Indian Hindi drama film, written and directed by Nana Patekar. The film was nominated for Best Story at the 37th Filmfare Awards.
Actors
Nana Patekar
(Major Chauhan)
Madhuri Dixit
(Shirley)
Dimple Kapadia
(Kiran)
Habib Tanvir
(Joe D'Souza, Peter's father)
Gautam Joglekar
(Peter D'Souza)
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