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1986 Indian film

Yeh Woh Manzil To Nahin
Directed by	Sudhir Mishra
Written by	Sudhir Mishra
Produced by	Sudhir Mishra
Starring	Manohar Singh Habib Tanvir B. M. Shah Pankaj Kapur Sushmita Mukherjee Naseeruddin Shah
Cinematography	Devlin Bose
Edited by	Renu Saluja
Music by	Rajat Dholakia
Release date	1986 (1986)
Running time	132 min
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Yeh Woh Manzil To Nahin (English: This Is Not Our Destination) is a 1987 Hindi drama film written and directed by Sudhir Mishra, in a directorial debut. It starred Manohar Singh, Habib Tanvir, B. M. Shah, Pankaj Kapur, Sushmita Mukherjee and Naseeruddin Shah in key roles.

At the 34th National Film Awards, the film won the award for Best Debut Film of a Director.

Plot

Three old men, who used to be close friends during their school days, embarked on a train journey from Bombay to Rajpur to attend the centenary celebration of their boarding school. As they travel, memories of their student activism and past failures flood their minds. Upon reaching their destination, they are confronted by political skirmishes that serve as a stark reminder of the occasions when they had failed to stay true to their conscience.

Cast

Manohar Singh as Shamsher Singh
Habib Tanvir as Akhtar Baig
B. M. Shah as Murlimanohar Joshi
Pankaj Kapur as Rohit, student leader
Sushmita Mukherjee as Savita, journalist
Naseeruddin Shah as Trivedi, Industrialist
Ajit Vachani as Police Superintendent
Lalit Tiwari as Srikant
Rajendra Gupta as Vice-Chancellor Asthana
Kusum Haider as Ismat
Alok Nath
Raja Bundela as Uttam Trivedi, the Industrialist's Son
Rajendranath Zutshi
Vimal Banerjee as DIG Mishra
Swadesh Bandhu as City Magistrate

References

Clarke Fountain (2014). "Yeh woh manzil to nahin (1987)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 23 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
"34th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 7 January 2012.

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