Namumkin

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Namumkin
Directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Written byD. N. Mukherjee (story)
Bidhu Jha (screenplay)
Produced byBidhu Jha
Starring Raj Babbar
Vinod Mehra
Zeenat Aman
Sanjeev Kumar
Om Shivpuri
Cinematography Vic Sarin
Edited byV. S. Ohm
Anil Saxena
Music by Rahul Dev Burman
Release date
  • 2 December 1988 (1988-12-02)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Namumkin (Impossible) is a 1988 Bollywood mystery film, telling the story of an Asian family exiled from Idi Amin's Uganda. The screenplay was written by Bidhu Jha, who was later elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. [1]

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Plot

Shobha (Zeenat Aman) marries a Canada-based big wealthy businessman Ashok Saxena (Shreeram Lagoo) almost twice her age. On the wedding night, Ashok dies by falling out of his balcony.

Sunil Kapoor (Raj Babbar) and his associate get involved in an investigation due to the one million dollars insurance policy of Ashok. His death seems mysterious as the autopsy report mentions heavy alcohol consumption while Ashok Saxena was known to be a complete teetotaler.

Sunil's friend Shakti Kaul (Vinod Mehra) who was earlier engaged to Shobha flies down to Canada. Together they start an investigation the circumstances and cause of Saxena's death.

Production

The film was shot entirely in Winnipeg. [2]

Cast

Soundtrack

SongSinger
"Ae Zindagi" (Female) Anuradha Paudwal
"Ae Zindagi" (Male) Kishore Kumar
"Bahut Door Hoke" Kishore Kumar
"Saathi Aisa Lagta Hai" Lata Mangeshkar

References

  1. Gupta, Taniya; Navarro-Tejero, Antonia (2014). India in Canada: Canada in India. p. 29. ISBN   9781443855716.
  2. Rammesh (2018). Human Cinema: The Films of Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Notion Press. ISBN   9781643249551.