Anjuman (1986 film)

{{short description|1986 Hindi drama film directed by Muzaffar Ali}}

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| director = Muzaffar Ali

| producer = Muzaffar Ali

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| screenplay = Muzaffar Ali

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| starring = Shabana Azmi
Farooque Shaikh
Rohini Hattangadi

| music = Khayyam
Shahryar (lyrics)

| cinematography = Ishan Arya

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| released = {{Film date|1986}}

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| country = India

| language = Hindi
Urdu

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Anjuman (English: Congregation) is a 1986 Hindi drama film directed by Muzaffar Ali, starring Shabana Azmi, Farooque Shaikh and Rohini Hattangadi in lead roles. Set in Lucknow, it deals with exploitation of women and problems of local "chikan" embroidery workers.{{cite book|author1=Anuradha Dingwaney Needham|author2=Rajeswari Sunder Rajan|title=The Crisis of Secularism in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NZktMeq6tzwC&pg=PA235|date=28 December 2006|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=0-8223-8841-3|pages=235–236}}{{cite book|author=Yves Thoraval|title=The cinemas of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-OpkAAAAMAAJ|year=2000|page=191|publisher=Macmillan India|isbn=978-0-333-93410-4}}

Anjuman has music by Khayyam, with lyrics by noted Urdu poet Shahryar, with three songs sung by lead actress Shabana Azmi, who agreed to do playback singing.{{cite web | title = Shabana Azmi mourns the death of Umrao Jaan writer |publisher= Rediff.com movies| url = http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/shabana-azmi-mourns-death-of-umrao-jaan-writer/20120214.htm | accessdate = 2014-05-01 }} Noted actor Farooque Shaikh worked in three films with Muzaffar Ali, with the others being Gaman (1978) and Umrao Jaan (1981).{{cite web | title = We shared mutual passion for cinema: Muzaffar Ali on Farooque|publisher=Zee News | url = http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/movies/we-shared-mutual-passion-for-cinema-muzaffar-ali-on-farooque_148521.html |date=29 December 2013|accessdate = 2014-05-01 }}