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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|1989 Bollywood film by Anant Balani}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Gawaahi<br />
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| director = [[Anant Balani]]<br />
| producer = Rajiv Mehra<br/> [[Aditya Raj Kapoor]]<br />
| writer = [[Hemendra Bhatia]] (dialogues)<br />
| screenplay = <br />
| story = <br />
| based_on = {{based on|''[[The Night of January 16th]]''|[[Ayn Rand]]}}<br />
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| starring = [[Zeenat Aman]]<br/>[[Shekhar Kapur]]<br/>[[Ranjeeta Kaur]]<br/>[[Ashutosh Gowariker]]<br />
| music = Uttam-Jagdish<br/>[[Sardar Anjum]] (lyrics)<br />
| cinematography = [[Naga_(director)|Nagarajan Lingam]] <br />
| editing = Rajendra Mahajan <br />
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1989|||India}}<br />
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| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
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'''''Gawaahi''''' ({{langx|en|Testimony}}) is a 1989 [[Bollywood]] film directed by [[Anant Balani]]. It was his directorial debut.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anant Balani: Indian Director |first=Shilpa Bharatan |last=Iyer |date=3 September 2003 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2003/scene/people-news/anant-balani-1117891881/}}</ref> The film stars [[Zeenat Aman]], [[Shekhar Kapur]], [[Ranjeeta Kaur]] and [[Ashutosh Gowariker]]. It was based on the 1934 play ''[[The Night of January 16th]]'', a courtroom drama by [[Ayn Rand]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Eyecatchers: Baba Amte nominated for prestigious UN Human Rights Award |date=31 December 1988 |work=[[India Today]] |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/eyecatchers/story/19881231-baba-amte-nominated-for-prestigious-un-human-rights-award-798071-1988-12-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=That Touch of Class |first=Rajiv |last=Vijayakar |date=10 December 2010 |work=[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]] |url=http://archive.financialexpress.com/news/that-touch-of-class/722528/0 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222195658/http://archive.financialexpress.com/news/that-touch-of-class/722528/0 |archivedate=22 December 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
A courtroom drama around the disclosures and cross-examinations of key witnesses of mysterious death of leading business tycoon Ranjeet Chaudhary (Shekhar Kapoor).<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
*[[Zeenat Aman]] as Janhvi Kaul<br />
*[[Tanuja]] as Advocate Bharucha<br />
*[[Shekhar Kapur]] as Ranjeet Chaudhary<br />
*[[Ranjeeta Kaur]] as Shashi Chaudhary<br />
*[[Ashutosh Gowariker]] as Sayed Akhtar Rampuri<br />
*[[Vikram Gokhale]] as Prosecutor Tiwari<br />
*[[Vivek Vaswani]] as Tejchand Advani<br />
* Avinash Kharshikar as Ramakant Shinde<br />
*[[Hosi Vasunia]] as Inspector Vasunia<br />
*[[Shammi (actress)|Shammi]] as Betty Lobo<br />
*[[Ravi Patwardhan]] as Judge<br />
* G.P. Singh as Colonel Ghai<br />
* Rakesh Shrivastav as building watchman<br />
* Gautam Siddharth as handwriting expert<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
{{Track listing<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| all_lyrics = [[Sardar Anjum]]<br />
| all_music = Uttam-Jagdish<br />
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| title1 = Bhool Bhulaiyya Sa Yeh Jeevan<br />
| extra1 = [[Pankaj Udhas]], [[Anuradha Paudwal]]<br />
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| title2 = Dekh Ke Tumko<br />
| extra2 = Pankaj Udhas, Anuradha Paudwal<br />
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| title3 = Dil Ki Baatein Hain<br />
| extra3 = Pankaj Udhas, Anuradha Paudwal<br />
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| title4 = Khat Mein Likha Hai<br />
| extra4 = Anuradha Paudwal<br />
}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0215789|title=Gawaahi}}<br />
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[[Category:1989 Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian courtroom films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Anant Balani]]<br />
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