Masoom

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Masoom

"Can this child destroy your family?"

1983

2h 18m

6.6(29 votes)

Drama

Family

Overview

A loving husband and father's joyful family life is rocked to its core upon the discovery that he has a young son borne from a past extramarital affair.

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10 featured cast members

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Naseeruddin Shah

D.K. Malhotra (DK)

Shabana Azmi

Indu D. Malhotra

Jugal Hansraj

Rahul D. Malhotra

Urmila Matondkar

Pinky D. Malhotra

Aradhana

Minni D. Malhotra

Tanuja Samarth

Chanda

Saeed Jaffrey

Suri

Supriya Pathak

Bhavna

Satish Kaushik

Tiwari

P. Jairaj

Master Ji

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Directed by: Shekhar Kapur
Written by: Gulzar

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