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Pehla Nasha (1993)

Pehla Nasha poster
Original title
पहला नशा
Directed by
Ashutosh Gowariker
Genre
drama film, thriller film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 10m
Rated
UA
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man becomes obsessed with a woman he watches through binoculars. He gets drawn into a mystery involving murder and mistaken identity.

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What happens

Pehla Nasha (transl. First intoxication [as in love]) is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language thriller film and the directorial debut film of Ashutosh Gowariker. The film is a remake of Brian de Palma's 1984 thriller Body Double. It stars Deepak Tijori, Pooja Bhatt, Raveena Tandon. The film also has cameo appearances by Aamir Khan, Sudesh Berry, Rahul Roy, Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, and Saif Ali Khan as themselves. It remains the only film to have Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Saif Ali Khan in a scene together along with Rahul Roy and Sudesh Berry. Upon release, the film received negative reviews and failed at the box office. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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