Waaris (1988 film)

Waaris
Promotional Poster
Directed byRavindra Peepat
Screenplay byBaldev Gill
Based onKaare — Hatthi
by Sohan Singh Hans
Produced bySwarn Yograj
J. S. Cheema
Baldev Gill
StarringSmita Patil
Raj Babbar
Raj Kiran
Amrita Singh
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Amrish Puri
CinematographyManmohan Singh
Edited bySubhash Sehgal
Music byUttam-Jagdish
Release date
  • 6 May 1988 (1988-05-06)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Waaris (transl. Heir) is a 1988 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Ravindra Peepat. It stars Smita Patil, Raj Babbar, Raj Kiran and Amrita Singh in lead roles. The film was adapted from the Punjabi novel Kaare — Hatthi by Sohan Singh Hans (as credited in the film). Rekha dubbed the lines for Smita Patil who died before the film's release. Smita Patil won the Best Actress trophy at the 2nd Star & Style-Lux Awards.[1]

  1. ^ "Of the issue: Guftagu". The Illustrated Weekly of India. Vol. 110, no. 1–18. 23 April 1989. p. 53.