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3 Deewarein

3 Deewarein

Three convicts… One woman… One truth…

20037.42h 0m

Overview

Three men are on death row. Jaggu (Jackie Shroff), a lawyer and a poet, is serving a sentence for murdering his wife because she was cheating on him with another man. Nagya (Nagesh Kukunoor), a man angry with the whole world, is arrested for murdering his wife too, but he claims that it was an accident where she falls off the sidewalk while they were talking. Ishaan (Naseeruddin Shah), a happy-go-lucky man, is also arrested for murder that he commits while in the act of robbery. The prison's custodian is Mohan (Gulshan Grover), who attempts several methods to reform the prison's inmates. A documentary filmmaker, Chandrika (Juhi Chawla) comes to the jail to set a film about these three men. In the process, she finds redemption to her troubled marriage.

Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor
Written by Nagesh Kukunoor
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Top Cast

Naseeruddin Shah

Naseeruddin Shah

Ishaan Mirza

Jackie Shroff

Jackie Shroff

Jaggu (Jagdish Prasad)

Juhi Chawla Mehta

Juhi Chawla Mehta

Chandrika

Nagesh Kukunoor

Nagesh Kukunoor

Naagya

Gulshan Grover

Gulshan Grover

Mohan Kumar

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Sujata Mehta

Jaggu's Wife

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Aditya Lakhia

Malli

Shri Vallabh Vyas

Shri Vallabh Vyas

Chandrika's husband

Sanjay Sharma

Sanjay Sharma

Ishaan's Lawyer

About 3 Deewarein

3 Deewarein is a crime, drama film released in 2003. Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor, it stars Naseeruddin Shah, Jackie Shroff, Juhi Chawla Mehta. Three men are on death row. Jaggu (Jackie Shroff), a lawyer and a poet, is serving a sentence for murdering his wife because she was cheating on him with another man. Nagya (Nagesh Kukunoor), a man angry with the whole world, is arrested for murdering his wife too, but he claims that it was an accident where she falls off the sidewalk while they were talking. Ishaan (Naseeruddin Shah), a happy-go-lucky man, is also arrested for murder that he commits while in the act of robbery. The prison's custodian is Mohan (Gulshan Grover), who attempts several methods to reform the prison's inmates. A documentary filmmaker, Chandrika (Juhi Chawla) comes to the jail to set a film about these three men. In the process, she finds redemption to her troubled marriage.

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