Main Azaad Hoon (1989)

Main Azaad Hoon Movie Trailer 1989

Crew

Directed by     Tinnu Anand
Written by     Javed Akhtar
Music by     Amar Biswas ,Utpal Biswas
Distributed by     Nadiadwala Sons

Cast

    Amitabh Bachchan - Azaad
    Shabana Azmi - Subhashni Saigal
    Anupam Kher - Dalchand Jain
    Manohar Singh - Gokulchand
    Ajit Vachani - Editor Sharma
    M.K. Raina - Newspaper employee
    Ram Gopal Bajaj - Rambhau Kaka (Village Sarpanch)
    Raja Bundela - Anwar
    Avtar Gill - IG Nagu
    Annu Kapoor - Munna
    Anjan Srivastav - Mishra - CM's assistant

Story

Gokuldas has taken over Rajnagar's leading newspaper and would like to increase it's circulation manifold. He holds a conference with Pandey and Editor Sharma to this effect. Sharma is asked to let go of some employees, including Reporter Subhashini Saigal. On her last day at work, she writes a letter from one Azaad, threatening to kill himself by falling from an under-construction hospital site. This story captures the interest of the people, who demand to know who Azaad is. Gokuldas and his staff present Azaad to the public, who are captivated by his manner of speaking and leadership qualities. Soon Azaad gains city-wide recognition, and everyone, including the State's Chief Minister, Gulabchand Damodar, wants to meet and befriend him. Azaad, however, chooses to befriend sugar-cane farmers, university youth, and mill workers, much to ire of the Mill Owners' Association's president, Dal Chand Jain. What the general public do not know is that Azaad is not even a real entity, the man they called Azaad is a homeless bum, who has been paid by Gokuldas so that he can pave the way for him to become the next Chief Minister. Watch how events unfold when the public find out the fraud imposed on them, and what impact this will have on Azaad, Subhashini, Gokuldas and others.

Did you know?

1. The original title of the movie was "Satyam".
2. In the movie when Subhashini asks Amitabh Bachchan to reveal his name, he was about to say it but stopped by her to make him the main character, and he is told that he is given the name Azad.
3. After the movies released a fan in Kolkata had jumped from the balcony of a theater impersonating Amitabh Bachchan's death scene in the movie. Though the fan survived, Amitabh was shaken to hear this.