Ijaazat
| Ijaazat | |
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| Directed by | Gulzar |
| Written by | Subodh Ghosh (story) Gulzar (screenplay & dialogues) |
| Produced by | R. K. Gupta |
| Starring | Rekha Naseeruddin Shah Anuradha Patel |
| Cinematography | Ashok Mehta |
| Edited by | Subhash Sehgal |
| Music by | R. D. Burman |
| Distributed by | Goldmines Telefilms |
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Running time | 137 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Ijaazat (transl. Permission) is a 1987 Indian Hindi-language musical romance film directed by Gulzar, based on a Bengali story, Jatugriha, by Subodh Ghosh, which had earlier been adapted in Bengali in 1964 as a movie with the same name. Starring Rekha, Naseeruddin Shah, Anuradha Patel in lead roles, the film followed the story of couple who are separated and who accidentally meet in a railway station waiting room and discover some truths about their lives without each other. The film belongs to the art-house genre in India known as Parallel Cinema, and won two National Film Awards in the music category.
A book based on the film titled Gulzar's Ijaazat: Insights into the film by Pakistani author Mira Hashmi was launched in June 2019.