Summary
Ashfaque (Ajay Devgan) is a small town boy aspiring to be a film star in the Hindi film industry.
Good for
- Friends night
- Drop-in friendly
- Thought-provoking
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 54GoodWatch 52
IMDb6.0
Audience score47%
Running time
2 h 30 min
Longer than 9 in 10 dramas, +41 min on the typical 109
typical 109150Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 8 countries, rent or buy in 21 more
Released
2008
January 11, 2008
18 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Hindi
Original language
Made in
- India
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
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Ajay DevgnAshfaque A. Khan / Sameer Khan
Vidya BalanSneha Chauhan / Sneha A. Khan
Pankaj KapurSiddhu
Sana KhaanSania
Darshan JariwalaGanpatrao Gaekwad
Sanjay MishraSameer's manager- ABAbhay Bhargava(uncredited)
Anupam Shyam(uncredited)
Aanjjan SrivastavAmanullah Khan (uncredited)
Lekh TandonHimself (uncredited)
Javed JaffreyHimself (uncredited)
Ranjit KapoorHimself (uncredited)
Randhir KapoorHimself (uncredited)
Vinod KhannaHimself (uncredited)
Kabir BediHimself (uncredited)
MammoottyHimself (uncredited)
MohanlalHimself (uncredited)
Riteish DeshmukhHimself (uncredited)
Abhishek BachchanHimself (uncredited)
Katrina KaifHerself (uncredited)
Arshad WarsiHimself (uncredited)
R. MadhavanHimself (uncredited)
Shilpa Shetty KundraHerself (uncredited)
Preity ZintaHerself (uncredited)
Directing · 1
- Rajkumar Santoshi Director, Story, Screenplay
Camera · 1
- Natarajan Subramaniam Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Steven H. Bernard Editor
Sound · 2
- Vanraj Bhatia Music
- Sukhwinder Singh Music
Other crew · 1
- Sridevi Thanks
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