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Kaifi Azmi (dialogue)
Kaifi Azmi (screenplay)
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Cast

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Balraj Sahni ... Salim Mirza
Farooq Shaikh ... Sikandar
Gita Siddharth ... Amina
A.K. Hangal
Shaukat Azmi (as Shaukat Kaifi)
Jalal Agha ... Shamshad
Dinanath Zutshi ... Halim
Jamal Hashmi ... Kazim
Vikas Anand
Begum Badar
Shanta Agarwal
Kalpana Sahni
Abu Siwani
Yunus Parvez
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Rajendra Raghuvanshi
Gita Sen
Raj Verma
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Also Known As:
Hot Winds
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146 min
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Good movie about real issues., 6 October 2005
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The partition not only affected those who were displaced but also those who decided to stay back. And the minorities who decided to stay back amongst the majorities found themselves in a strange situation; suddenly they were outsiders in their own country and people viewed them with suspicion. 'Garam Hawa' deals with such issues with great sensitivity and perhaps is one of the best movies ever made on post partition.

Salim Mirza, brilliantly played by Balraj Sahney, is one such Muslim who stays back in India. India is a new democracy and has its problems of poverty and unemployment and Salim Mirza and his family has to fight to find its identity and respect in the country they chose not to leave. Sikandar, played by Farooq Shaikh, is Salim Mirza's unemployed son who is often told on his face that he might have a better chance in Pakistan but like his father he is determined. The family suffers a great deal for its decision but doesn't give up. I am sure everyone who was present during those days can identify with something in this story.

The grandmother wanting to die in her ancestral home and her whole life flashing before her eyes before she dies is an unforgettable scene.

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