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483:Mumaith Khan
452:Anupam Shyam
401:Deepti Naval
383:Nana Patekar
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352:Best Villain
348:Best Actress
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302:Anupam Shyam
294:Deepti Naval
282:Nana Patekar
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116:Sethu Sriram
102:Nana Patekar
80:Boney Kapoor
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1412:Anthahpuram
1118:22 December
1083:The Tribune
863:worldwide.
857:11.26 crore
836:20.36 crore
821:13.82 crore
711:Alka Yagnik
643:Alka Yagnik
493:Prabhu Deva
458:Vijay Gupta
419:Prakash Raj
407:Divya Dutta
354:(Patekar).
315:Anthahpuram
306:Prakash Raj
276:, starring
221:177 minutes
156:Mani Sharma
76:Produced by
41:Directed by
1563:2002 films
1557:Categories
1532:Nakshatram
1484:Chandamama
1396:Sindhooram
1146:2 February
1139:Rediff.com
1090:2 February
1007:References
981:Nominated
913:in India.
897:8.47 crore
890:4.62 crore
883:2.82 crore
850:7.33 crore
809:Box office
715:Sonu Nigam
679:Adnan Sami
647:Adnan Sami
506:Production
425:Vijay Raaz
252:Box office
200:2002-09-20
163:Production
69:Anthapuram
51:Written by
788:Reception
628:Singer(s)
610:Anu Malik
560:Anu Malik
487:item song
477:item song
256:₹20 crore
246:₹10 crore
148:Anu Malik
122:Edited by
58:dialogues
1420:Samudram
1306:18 April
963:Nominees
960:Category
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234:Language
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1274:22 July
1252:22 July
1230:22 July
1188:Variety
1038:22 July
966:Result
876:98 lakh
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512:Sridevi
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1508:Mogudu
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1468:Danger
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1428:Murari
1423:(1999)
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1380:Gulabi
953:Awards
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765:06:57
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1476:Rakhi
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867:India
829:crore
827:6.54
625:Title
588:Label
576:Genre
538:Music
520:Kajol
237:Hindi
229:India
206:India
1331:IMDb
1308:2012
1276:2015
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