
Gardish
1993-05-21 · 171 min · ★ 8.1
Naive and easily impressionable Vidya Bhalla would like her husband to be a dashing hero, one who is not afraid of anybody, one who can easily jump into a fire to rescue someone, one who is strong & romantic. She sees all of these qualities in Shiva Sathe (Jackie Shroff), the son of Havaldar Purshotam Sathe, whose only dream is to see Shiva become a Police Inspector. Vidya informs her dad, Prithviraj, that she has found her dream man, the Bhallas and the Sathes meet and get the couple formally engaged.
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- Directors
- Priyadarshan
- Production companies
- Shogun Films, Eros Worldwide
- Countries
- India
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Shammi KapoorPrithviraj Bhalla
Jackie ShroffShiva Sathe
Aishwarya BhaskaranVidya Bhalla
Dimple KapadiaShanti
Amrish PuriConstable Purushottam Sathe
AsraniPhoolwa's Husband
Cochin HaneefaThief
Farida JalalLaxmi Sathe
Raj BabbarPratap
Suresh OberoiInspector Saini
Anant MahadevanConstable Sawant
Rakesh Bedi
Annu Kapoor
Kunickaa SadanandPhoolwa
Mukesh RishiBilla Jilani
Tej Sapru
Nandhu
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