"Think big, think ahead and think fast."

2007

2h 46m

6.8(128 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

A villager, Gurukant Desai, arrives in Bombay in 1958, and rises from its streets to become the biggest tycoon in India.

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Cast & Crew

21 members

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अभिषेक बच्चन

Gurukanth Desai

Acting

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Sujata Desai

Acting

Mithun Chakraborty

Manik Dasgupta

Acting

R. Madhavan

Shyam Saxena

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Vidya Balan

Meenakshi "Meenu" Saxena

Acting

Arya Babbar

Jignesh

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Mallika Sherawat

Champa

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Prathap Pothan

K R Menon I.A.S.

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Sachin Khedekar

Sujata's Father

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Manoj Joshi

Ghanshyam Bhai

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Dhritiman Chatterjee

Contractor Sahaab

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Nina Kulkarni

Sujata's Mother

Acting

Roshan Seth

Thapar

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Arjan Bajwa

Arzaan Contractor

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Mukesh Bhhatt

Ram Lal

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Rajendra Gupta

Kantilal Desai

Acting

दर्शन जरीवाला

Anand Patekar

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Sarita Joshi

Guru's Stepmother

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Sanjay Mishra

Unknown Role

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Sudhir Pandey

Mathura Das

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Elina Wadiwala

uncredited

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