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ERA
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43 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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Masoom
"Can this child destroy your family?"
1983 2h 18m HI
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6.7
SOLID
★6.7TMDB · 30
DramaFamily
Synopsis
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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.
“Can this child destroy your family?”
Cast
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
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Shekhar Kapur
- Writers
- Gulzar
- Languages
- Hindi
- Countries
- India
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CRAFT
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Shekhar Kapur, shot by Pravin Bhatt. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Rahul Dev Burman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Aruna Raje shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi and Jugal Hansraj carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "Can this child destroy your family?".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0085913 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Shekhar Kapur directs. Pravin Bhatt behind the camera. Rahul Dev Burman scores. Aruna Raje cuts. Produced in India. Dialogue in Hindi.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 143 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Directed by Shekhar Kapur, shot by Pravin Bhatt. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Original score by Rahul Dev Burman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Editor Aruna Raje shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi and Jugal Hansraj carry the top of the cast.
- 7Marketing tagline: "Can this child destroy your family?".
- 8IMDB entry: tt0085913 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 9Only 30 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Pravin Bhatt
- Original score
- Rahul Dev Burman
- Editing
- Aruna Raje
- Runtime
- 138 min · 2h 18m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- HI
- IMDB
- Masoom (1983)
Also by
Shekhar Kapur
Production companies
Who made it
- KR
Krsna Films Unit
Key crew
- NovelErich Segal
- EditorAruna Raje
- EditorVikas Desai
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1983-01-10
