Gawaahi Explained

Gawaahi
Native Name:	Gawaahi
Director:	Anant Balani
Producer:	Rajiv Mehra, Aditya Raj Kapoor
Starring:	Zeenat Aman Shekhar Kapur Ranjeeta Kaur Ashutosh Gowariker
Music:	Uttam-Jagdish Sardar Anjum (lyrics)
Country:	India
Language:	Hindi

Gawaahi (English: Testimony) is a 1989 Bollywood film directed by Anant Balani. It was his directorial debut.^[1] The film stars Zeenat Aman, Shekhar Kapur, Ranjeeta Kaur and Ashutosh Gowariker. It was based on the 1934 play The Night of January 16th, a courtroom drama by Ayn Rand.^{[2] [3]}

Plot

A courtroom drama around the disclosures and cross-examinations of key witnesses of mysterious death of leading business tycoon Ranjeet Chaudhary (Shekhar Kapoor).

Cast

• Zeenat Aman as Janhavi Kaul
• Tanuja as Advocate Bharucha
• Shekhar Kapur as Ranjeet Chaudhary
• Ranjeeta Kaur as Shashi Chaudhary
• Ashutosh Gowariker as Sayed Akhtar Rampuri
• Vikram Gokhale as Prosecutor Tiwari
• Vivek Vaswani as Tejchand Advani
• Avinash Kharshikar as Ramakant Shinde
• Hosi Vasunia as Inspector Vasunia
• Shammi as Betty Lobo
• Ravi Patwardhan as Judge
• G.P. Singh as Colonel Ghai
• Rakesh Shrivastav as building watchman
• Gautam Siddharth as handwriting expert

Crew

• Director: Anant Balani
• Dialogues: Hemendra Bhatia
• Producers: Rajiv Mehra, Adityaraj Kapoor

Notes and References

1. News: Anant Balani: Indian Director . Shilpa Bharatan . Iyer . 3 September 2003 . .
2. News: Eyecatchers: Baba Amte nominated for prestigious UN Human Rights Award . 31 December 1988 . .
3. News: That Touch of Class . Rajiv . Vijayakar . 10 December 2010 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141222195658/http://archive.financialexpress.com/news/that-touch-of-class/722528/0 . 22 December 2014 . dmy-all .