---
title: 'Ijaazat (1987)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Gulzar'
released: '1987-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ijaazat-1987'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091256/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Ijaazat (1987)

1987 · Drama · India


## Synopsis

Ijaazat (transl. Permission) is a 1987 Indian Hindi-language musical romance film directed by Gulzar, based on a Bengali story, Jatugriha, by Subodh Ghosh, which had earlier been adapted in Bengali in 1964 as a movie with the same name. Starring Rekha, Naseeruddin Shah, Anuradha Patel in lead roles, the film followed the story of couple who are separated and who accidentally meet in a railway station waiting room and discover some truths about their lives without each other. The film belongs to the art-house genre in India known as Parallel Cinema, and won two National Film Awards in the music category.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Gulzar](https://cinepixo.com/people/gulzar)
- **Screenplay:** [Subodh Ghosh](https://cinepixo.com/people/subodh-ghosh)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Rahul Dev Burman](https://cinepixo.com/people/rahul-dev-burman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ashok Mehta](https://cinepixo.com/people/ashok-mehta)

## Cast

- [Rekhā](https://cinepixo.com/people/rekha)
- [Anuradha Patel](https://cinepixo.com/people/anuradha-patel)
- [Naseeruddin Shah](https://cinepixo.com/people/naseeruddin-shah)

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