Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1997
Tamanna (1997 film)
Buy Tamanna (1997 film) now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
'Tamanna' is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Mahesh Bhatt. It stars Paresh Rawal, Pooja Bhatt, Sharad Kapoor and Manoj Bajpayee. The screenplay was written by Tanuja Chandra. The story was written by Tanuja Chandra and Mahesh Bhatt. It was produced by Pooja Bhatt.
Plot
The year is 1975, the place is Mahim, Bombay. This is the story of Tikku (Paresh Rawal), a transgender and the only child of yesteryear Bollywood actress Nazneen Begum. Begum 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. Tikku picks up the girl, longing for human company, decides to keep her, names her Tamanna, and brings her up on his own with the help of a close friend, Saleem (Manoj Bajpayee).
When she is old enough, he arranges for her education in St. Mary's High School's hostel. When she completes school, she returns home to find Tikku in the guise of a hijra and shuns him, but subsequently relents. Then Tikku finds out that Tamanna (Pooja Bhatt) is the daughter of Ranvir Chopra, an up-and-coming politician. He tells her, and she goes to their palatial house. Watch what impact this has on the Chopra family and the excuse they have for abandoning Tamanna.
Cast
* Paresh Rawal as Tikku
* Pooja Bhatt as Tamanna Chopra
* Sharad Kapoor as Sajid Khan
* Manoj Bajpayee as Saleem Khan
* Kamal Chopra as Ranveer Chopra, Tamanna's biological father
* Abha Ranjan as Geeta Chopra, Tamanna's biological mother
* Ashutosh Rana as a contract killer
* Akshay Anand as Jugal Chopra, Tamanna's brother
* Nadira as Nazneen Begum, Tikku's mother
* Zohra Sehgal as Ranveer Chopra's mother
* Sulabha Deshpande as Kaushalya, servant of the Chopra family
* Anupam Shyam as Anjum, Tikku's step-brother
* Rita Bhaduri as Mother Superior (cameo)
* Kunika as a movie actress, Tikku's client (cameo)
* Baby Ghazal as a Young Tamanna Chopra
* Alia Bhatt as Baby Tamanna Chopra
* Kunal Khemu as young Sajid
* Shaheen Bhatt as Ashutosh Rana's daughter
Reception
Paresh Rawal was critically praised for his role as a eunuch.
Awards
This film won National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues in 1998.
Soundtrack
The music is composed by Anu Malik with lyrics by Rahat Indori, Makhdoom MohiuddinRekhta.orgNida Fazli, Indeevar and Kaifi Azmi. Kumar Sanu, Sonu Nigam and Alka Yagnik were selected to sing the tracks. 'Yeh Kya Hua' became a very popular song in 1997.
References
Buy Tamanna (1997 film) now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 1997