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Story
Synopsis
In a typical college in a typical Indian city, the hostel boys Madan Sharma (Aamir Khan) and his friend are a rowdy lot. The teaching staff suffer from the common apathy of most teachers in similar colleges. The administration has the usual problems, with ill-paid employees periodically going on strike. On the whole, the college is a very normal place. But on this particular day, when Madan and his friends rise from their slumber, some with the customary hangover, they are not so perturbed to find no water in the taps again, as when they hear that it is not going to be a holiday after all. Instead there will be a lecture in the auditorium by the Chairman of the Board (Dr. Shriram Lagoo), on the day of the festival of fire, Holi, and the boys decide not to attend the classes. The hostel superintendent Professor Singh (Naseeruddin Shah), the only lecturer with some human links with the students...
- Director
- Ketan Mehta
- Writers
- Mahesh Elkunchwar, Ketan Mehta
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- India
- Release date
- 15 August 1984
Ensemble
Cast
Aamir Khan
Madan Sharma
Naseeruddin Shah
Professor Singh
Om Puri
Principal Pandey
Ashutosh Gowariker
Ranjeet Prakash
Shreeram Lagoo
Deepti Naval
Amole Gupte
Raj Zutshi
Kitu Gidwani
Neeraj Vora
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