Ijaazat

Ijaazat (transl.Permission) is an 1987 Indian Hindi-language musical romance film directed by Gulzar, based on a Bengali story, Jatugriha by Subodh Ghosh. Starring Rekha, Naseeruddin Shah and Anuradha Patel in leading roles, the film followed the story of couple who are separated and who accidentally meet in a railway station waiting room and discover some truths about their lives without each other. The film belongs to the art-house genre in India known as Parallel Cinema, and won two National Film Awards in the music category. The movie is based on the 1964 Bengali movie Jatugriha.

Ijaazat
Film poster
Directed byGulzar
Written bySubodh Ghosh (story)
Gulzar (screenplay & dialogues)
Produced byR.K. Gupta
StarringRekha
Naseeruddin Shah
Anuradha Patel
CinematographyAshok Mehta
Edited bySubhash Sehgal
Music byR. D. Burman
Distributed byGoldmines Telefilms
Release date
  • 8 July 1987 (1987-07-08)
Running time
137 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

A book based on the film titled "Gulzar's Ijaazat: Insights into the film" by Pakistani author Mira Hashmi was launched in June 2019.

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