Ghulam E Mustafa

GhulamEMustafa is a 1997 Bollywood Crime Action Drama film directed by Partho Ghosh, Starring Nana Patekar and Raveena Tandon in the lead role, it was produced by P.G. Shrikanth and Dinesh Gandhi under the S.G.S. Cinearts International and Eros International banners. Set in the early 1996s, GhulameMustafa is an action, crime and sadlove story centering on the turbulent and tragic relationship between Gangster Mustafa and Dancer Kavita, a relationship which come to an end with the death of Kavita due to his field. The film was a remake of Tamil film Musthaffaa 1996.

In early 1996 P.G Srikanth and Dinesh decided to make the film, on the script which is given by Tamil writer Prasanna Kumar. Before that Subhash Ghai was approached to direct the film, but later on due to unknown reasons Partho signed for directing the film, under banners of Dinesh Gandhis, S.G.S. Cinearts international studio and with the collaboration of marketing partner Eros International production house.As the things were clear both producers hunt for the character of GhulameMustafa, many options were on the list, but both of them decided to take the role of Mustafa to Nana Patekar without any screen test, fist Juhi Chawla was approached for the role of Kavita, but Juhi walked out due to her already lined up filming schedules, later on Raveena gave the screen test for Kavita and got the role. ........

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