Maachis (1996)
माचिस
A realistic, hard-hitting portrayal of terrorism and youth in the Punjab after the 1984 riots.
- Date of release
- 1996-10-25
- TMDB
- 7.5 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 2h 40m
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller, Music
- Director
- Gulzar
Casting
- Om Puri — Sanatan
- Tabu — Virender Kaur a.k.a. Veeran
- Chandrachur Singh — Kripal Singh
- Jimmy Shergill — Jaimal Singh
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda — Commander
- Kanwaljit Singh — Inspector Vohra
- S M Zaheer — Khurana
- Raj Zutshi — Jaswant Singh Randhawa a.k.a. Jassi
- Ravi Gossain — Kuldip
- Navnindra Behl — Veeran's Mother
- Suneel Sinha — Vazira
- Amrik Gill
Interesting facts
Maachis (transl. Matchsticks) is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language period political thriller film written and directed by Gulzar. The film stars Chandrachur Singh, Om Puri, Tabu, and Jimmy Sheirgill. The film is set against the backdrop of the Sikh insurgency in Punjab during the 1980s. The plot delves into the personal and political turmoil faced by individuals caught in violence and explores themes of state repression, vengeance, and the radicalization of youth.
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