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Pehla Nasha
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Wikipedia article
'Pehla Nasha' is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language thriller film and the debut film of director Ashutosh Gowariker. The movie is a remake of Brian de Palma's 1984 thriller 'Body Double'. Deepak Tijori plays the lead role alongside Pooja Bhatt, Raveena Tandon and Paresh Rawal. The film also has cameo appearances by Aamir Khan, Sudesh Berry, Rahul Roy, Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla and Saif Ali Khan as themselves.
It remains the only film to have Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan in a scene together along with Rahul Roy and Sudesh Berry. Upon release, the film received negative reviews and failed at the box office.
Synopsis
A down-and-out actor, Deepak Bakshi (Deepak Tijori), who has claustrophobia, goes to live as a caretaker at his friend's (Jayant Kripalani) apartment while he is away. His friend shows him a telescope which is used for spying on a neighborhood building which houses a beautiful woman. Deepak takes to spying on a regular basis. One day while spying on the woman, Deepak sees her getting attacked. He decides to get involved and lands himself into trouble with the police as he is now a suspect for murder. Later he is able to solve the mystery by overcoming his phobia and catching the main killer.
Cast
*Deepak Tijori as Deepak Bakshi
*Pooja Bhatt as Monica
*Raveena Tandon as Mrs. Avantika Bajaj
*Paresh Rawal as Inspector Mazumdar
*Jalal Agha as Mahesh Ahuja
*Jayant Kripalani as Deepak's friend
*Amin Hajee as John
*Karim Hajee as Jack
*Makrand Deshpande
*Avtar Gill as Shakoor Bhai
*Aditya Lakhia
*Ramesh Goyal
*Kaushal Kapoor
*Mona Saxena
*Daya Shankar Pandey
*Jahangir Khan
*Sudesh Berry as himself
*Aamir Khan as himself
*Shahrukh Khan as himself
*Saif Ali Khan as himself
*Juhi Chawla as herself
*Rahul Roy as himself
*Shammi as Deepak's Landlady
*Anjan Srivastav as Interviewer
*Bobby Khan as Choreographer
*Sharad Sharma
Songs
Anand Bakshi wrote all songs.
* "Aaj Raat Bas Mein (Part 1)" by Asha Bhosle
* "Aaj Raat Bas Mein (Part 2)" by Asha Bhosle
* "Mr. Zero Ban Gaya Hero" by Vinod Rathod
* "Nadiya Kinare" by Asha Bhosle, Vinod Rathod
* "Pyar Ki Raat" by Asha Bhosle, Vinod Rathod
* "Tu Hai Haseena" by Asha Bhosle, Vinod Rathod
* "Tum Kiss Liye Ho Bekarar" by Sadhana Sargam
References
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