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Naya Zaher (1991)

Naya Zaher poster
Directed by
Jyoti Sarup
Country
India
Elsewhere
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How it feels

This Hindi drama thriller is about the spread of HIV/AIDS in India. The story focuses on how the disease affects people's lives and the fear it creates. The main threat is not a person but the illness itself.

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What happens

Naya Zaher is a 1991 Hindi drama thriller movie of Bollywood directed by Jyoti Sarup. It was India's first Hindi feature film based on HIV/AIDS. The mode has given of an adult thriller, where the main villain in the film is not a person, but the disease, AIDS. The music of the film was composed by Kalyanji–Anandji. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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