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By Andrew Droid Webber

Updated 18 March 2023

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1983 film by Shekhar Kapur

Masoom

Released	1983 (39 years, 4 months ago)

Director	Shekhar Kapur
Genre	children's film and film adaptation
Composer	R. D. Burman
Country of origin	India
Screenwriter	Gulzar

About Masoom

Masoom (Hindi: मासूम, meaning "The Innocent") is a 1983 Indian drama film and directorial debut of critically acclaimed filmmaker Shekhar Kapur. An adaptation of Man, Woman and Child, 1980 novel by Erich Segal, the film is a coming-of-age story starring Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi in lead roles along with Tanuja, Supriya Pathak and Saeed Jaffrey. It features Jugal Hansraj, Aradhana and Urmila Matondkar as child actors. The screenplay, dialogues and lyrics are by Gulzar with music by R.D. Burman. The film was remade in Telugu as Illalu Priyuralu.