Joshila (1973)
Jailor Manmohan Krishan is responsible for looking after convicts undergoing sentences of rigorous imprisonment. He has a young, beautiful and captive daughter named Shalini. Shalini is a poet, one day while reciting her poetry, she meets with a young man, who introduces himself as Amar, who also happens to be a poet himself in the jail. Shalini tries to
- Date of release
- 1973-10-19
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- Director
- Yash Chopra
Casting
- Dev Anand — Amar
- Hema Malini — Shalini
- Pran — Thakur saab
- Bindu — Rani
- Madan Puri — Madanlal Dogra
- Manmohan Krishna — Jailor (as Manmohan Krishan)
- Padma Khanna — Manju
- A.K. Hangal — Lala Gulzarilal
- Sulochana Latkar — Mrs. Gulzarilal (as Sulochana)
- Sudhir — Kundan
- Master Sathyajith — Ravi (as Master Satyajit)
- I.S. Johar — Raunaq Singh
Interesting facts
Joshila is a 1973 Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Yash Chopra. The film stars Dev Anand, Hema Malini and Raakhee. Most outdoor parts of the movie were shot in Darjeeling, West Bengal. The film is loosely inspired by James Hadley Chase's 1959 novel, Shock Treatment.
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