Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho ! - Wikipedia Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho ! Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho ! Directed by Saeed Akhtar Mirza Produced by Saeed Akhtar Mirza Written by Yusuf Mehta ( Screenplay ) Saeed Akhtar Mirza ( Story ) Sudhir Mishra ( Dialogue ) Starring Naseeruddin Shah Deepti Naval Bhisham Sahni Dina Pathak Music by Vanraj Bhatia Cinematography Virendra Saini Edited by Renu Saluja Release date 1984 Running time 130 min Country India Language Hindi Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho ! ( Summons for Mohan Joshi ) is a 1984 Hindi art film, made by Saeed Akhtar Mirza, based on his own story, during the Parallel Cinema period of Indian cinema. The film is a comic satire on a judicial system, where cases drag on for decades, where plaintiffs either die or lose hope and money, while the corrupt run scot free, thanks to their nexus with corrupt lawyers. It won the 1984 National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare. Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Cast 3 Location 4 References 5 External links Synopsis An old couple, Mohan Joshi ( Bhisham Sahni ) and his wife ( Dina Pathak ), sues their landlord ( Amjad Khan ) for not maintaining their ' collapsing ' apartment building. For this, they hire two cunning lawyers ( Naseeruddin Shah and Satish Shah ), while Rohini Hattangadi is the opposition lawyer. The court case drags on for years and the lawyers milk the old couple dry, while they become rich. Back home in the society, the old couple is ridiculed for fighting the landlord, but they fight on nevertheless. In the end, when the judge comes to check the condition of the chawl, the landlord 's men prop up the place, thus convincing the judge that all is well. Finally, Joshi gathers all his strength and pulls down the temporary supports put up by the men causing the building to collapse on himself. Cast Naseeruddin Shah as Advocate Malkani Bhisham Sahni as Mohan Joshi Dina Pathak as Joshi 's wife Deepti Naval Mohan Gokhale Rohini Hattangadi as Advocate Pankaj Kapur Amjad Khan as Kundan Kapadia, landlord Satish Shah as Advocate Salim Ghouse as Advocate Anjali Paigankar as Joshi 's Son 's girlfriend Location Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho ! was shot at Kamithapura, Bapty Road, and Duncan Road ( Two Tanks / Do Tanki ) at Mumbai 's middle - class Hindu Muslim locality. References Jump up ^ Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho ! One Hundred Indian Feature Films : An Annotated Filmography, by Shampa Banerjee, Anil Srivastava. Taylor & Francis, 1988. ISBN 0 - 8240 - 9483 - 2. page 123. Jump up ^ Synopsis : Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho ! External links Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho ! on IMDb Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mohan_Joshi_Hazir_Ho!&oldid=802326818 '' Categories : 1984 films 1980s Hindi - language films Indian films Indian art films Indian satirical films Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from October 2015 Use Indian English from October 2015 All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English Pages using infobox film with unknown parameters Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch हिन्दी नेपाल भाषा ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Edit links This page was last edited on 25 September 2017, at 13 : 29. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who played the title role in mohan joshi hazir ho
Answer: Bhisham Sahni