
Akarshan
1988-02-21 · 135 min · ★ 4.0
Love story about an actress falling in love with her costar
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- Directors
- Tanvir Ahmed
- Production companies
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- Countries
- India
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Akbar KhanAbhishek
Sonu WaliaPriya Khanna
Girish KarnadAnand (Movie Director)
Rohini HattangadiDidi
Sharon PrabhakarShalu
Suparna AnandSuparna
Deepak QazirSiddharth
Parveen BabiSpecial Appearance
Smita PatilSpecial Appearance
Raj BabbarSpecial Appearance
Nandita ThakurDoctor
RekhaSelf
SrideviSelf
Yash ChopraSelf
Poonam DhillonSelf
Sunil DuttSelf
Anil KapoorSelf
Rishi KapoorSelf
Shekhar KapurSelf
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