3 Deewarein

3 Deewarein
Poster
Directed byNagesh Kukunoor
Written byNagesh Kukunoor
Screenplay byNagesh Kukunoor
Story byNagesh Kukunoor
Produced byMetalight Productions (Elahe Hiptoola
Sanjay Sharma)
StarringJuhi Chawla
Nagesh Kukunoor
Naseeruddin Shah
Jackie Shroff
Gulshan Grover
Ranganath and Sujata Mehta
CinematographyAjayan Vincent
Edited bySanjib Datta
Music bySalim–Sulaiman
Distributed byShemaroo Video Pvt. Ltd.
Release date
  • 1 August 2003 (2003-08-01)
Running time
120 min
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

3 Deewarein (transl. 3 Walls) is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language crime film written, directed, and co-starred by Nagesh Kukunoor. Juhi Chawla, Jackie Shroff, Naseeruddin Shah, Gulshan Grover, and Sujata Mehta form the rest of the cast. The film narrates the story of three prisoners and a documentary filmmaker who, while filming their reformation story in the prison, finds redemption with her own troubled marriage. The film was showcased among the Indian Panorama section, at the 2003 International Film Festival of India.[1]

The film was also premiered at the Kolkata Film Festival.[2] After having been screened at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, where it was well received, the film was screened at the Commonwealth Festival in Manchester, where it was nominated as one of the top five films, at the gala presentation. Nagesh Kukunoor has also received the Filmfare Award for Best Story.[1]

  1. ^ a b "2003 India Panorama – Directorate of Film Festivals" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  2. ^ Sircar, Subhra (14 November 2002). "Desi films draw bigger crowds than foreign films". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 September 2010.