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| Rani Mukerji | ... |
Vibhavari Sahay
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| Jaya Bhaduri | ... |
Savitri
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| Konkona Sen Sharma | ... |
Subhavari Sahay
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| Kunal Kapoor | ... |
Vivaan Varma
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| Anupam Kher | ... |
Shivshankar Sahay
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| Abhishek Bachchan | ... |
Rohan Varma
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| Hema Malini | ... |
Dulari Bai
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Murli Sharma | ... |
Sunil Butalia
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Kamini Kaushal | ... |
Daadi
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| Harsh Chhaya | ... |
Mr. Gupta
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Tinnu Anand | ... |
Rajju Chacha
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| Sushant Singh | ... |
Ratan
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Taraana Raja | ... |
Sophiya
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| Suchitra Pillai | ... |
Michelle
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Ninad Kamat | ... |
Karan
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Based in Varanasi, Shivshankar Sahay lives a poor lifestyle along with his wife, Savitri, and two daughters, Vibhavari and Subhavari. The family struggles and at times is even unable to pay the electricity charges. They attempt in vain to rent their heritage yet dilapidated home to a filmmaker. When Shivshankar's elder brother, Rajshankar, files a petition a court to take over the house, he has a stroke and is hospitalized. Vibhavari tells the family that she has managed to obtain a job in Mumbai and re-locates. She then regularly sends money and is not only able to improve their lifestyle but also has Subhavari obtain a Masters Degree. Subhavari completes her education and also re-locates to Mumbai, where she is reunited with her sister. Subhavari then meets with Vivaan and both fall in love with other. Vibhavari gets to meet Vivaan and approves of him, while Subhavari is introduced to Vivaan's grandmother. A marriage is then planned in Varanasi, and it is only at the 11th hour that ... Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
It's nice to see a movie with all real Indian actors as opposed to these rats from Kabul who should be selling kabobs and these scums belong in the gutter. These three idiots are ugly talentless benchods who should never been allowed in the Indian cinema. These scums can't act or produce a decent movie. This is one of the better movie from Yash Chopra albeit a long drawn and slightly too melodramatic for the younger crowd. Incredible acting from Rani who can never fail no matter what the role is. The story is very real with all the right masala for the folks who really appreciate movies. Few of the songs could have been skipped but then again this is the staple of Indian cinema. The movie is gripping for a family drama and it is mostly Rani's memorable acting that the audience can't get enough of and fine direction by Aditya Chopra.