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28 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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Tamanna
"Tamanna"
1998 2h 3m HI
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7.9
BANGER
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7.1
IMDB
★7.9TMDB · 5★7.1IMDB · 369
Synopsis
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The year is 1975, the place is Mahim, Bombay, and this is the story of Tikku, a eunuch, the only child of yesteryear Bollywood actress Nazneen Begum, who has fallen upon hard times, is virtually destitute and is dependent on Tikku, who does make-up/hair-dressing of Bollywood actresses. When she passes away, Tikku is beside himself with grief. After the funeral, he witnesses a woman leaving a child in a garbage bin.
“Tamanna”
Cast
Paresh Rawal
Tikku Ali Sayed
Pooja Bhatt
Tamanna
Manoj Bajpayee
Salim
Sharad S. Kapoor
Sajid Khan
Ashutosh Rana
Haribhai
Nadira
Akshay Anand
Kamal Chopra
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Mahesh Bhatt
- Writers
- Tanuja Chandra
- Languages
- Hindi
- Countries
- India
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Mahesh Bhatt directs. Produced in India. Dialogue in Hindi.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 128 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Paresh Rawal and Pooja Bhatt and Manoj Bajpayee carry the top of the cast.
- 4Marketing tagline: "Tamanna".
- 5IMDB entry: tt0205445 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 123 min · 2h 3m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- HI
- IMDB
- Tamanna (1998)
- IMDB rating
- 7.1/10 · 369 votes
- MPAA
- Not Rated
Awards
1 win
Also by
Mahesh Bhatt
Key crew
- Executive ProducerMukesh Bhatt
- ProducerPooja Bhatt
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1998-04-13
Also known as
International titles
- DesireGB
