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Wajood is a film of genre Drama with Nana Patekar
Wajood (1998)
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Rating69%
Wajood (English:Existence) is a 1998 Indian Hindi drama film. The film features Nana Patekar and Madhuri Dixit in lead roles.
The film was rated "Below Average" at the box-office.
Synopsis
Malhar (Nana Patekar), who is born to a poor typist clerk, is a versatile character who wins trophies in dramas but is never appreciated by his father. While writing and directing dramas in his college he meets Apoorva (Madhuri Dixit), a very rich girl, and falls madly in love with her. When she wins the Best Actress Award, she calls upon Malhar on stage and gives all the credit to him. Malhar misunderstands this gestures as Apoorva's love for him.Actors
Nana Patekar
(Malhar Gopaldas Agnihotri / Col. Rathi)
Madhuri Dixit
(Apurva Choudhury)
Mukul Dev
(Nihal Joshi)
Ramya Krishnan
Chandrakant Raghunath Gokhale
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