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Yeshwant is a film of genre Drama with Nana Patekar
Yeshwant (1997)
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Add to a movie listYeshwant is a 1997 Bollywood crime film directed by Anil Mattoo, produced by Vijay K. Ranglani. It stars Nana Patekar and Madhoo in pivotal roles.
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Inspector Yeshwant Lohar (Nana Patekar) is a plainclothes police detective. His wife Ragini (Madhoo) is illiterate; Yeshwant wants her to learn to read so that she may join the Indian Administrative Service (IAS).Actors
Nana Patekar
(Yeshwant Lohar)
Madhoobala Shah
(Ragini Lohar)
Atul Agnihotri
(Inspector John Frank)
Shafi Ali Inamdar
(Adv. Vikram)
Mohan Joshi
(Salim Shaikh)
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