Janam is a 1985 Hindi

Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

 film directed and written by Mahesh Bhatt

Mahesh Bhatt

Mahesh Bhatt , is a prominent Indian film director, producer and screenwriter.Bhatt's early directional career consisted of acclaimed films, such as Arth, Saaransh, Janam, Naam and Zakhm....

. It is one of the autobiographical films Bhatt created in the early part of his career.

Overview

Janam was created after Mahesh Bhatt

Mahesh Bhatt

Mahesh Bhatt , is a prominent Indian film director, producer and screenwriter.Bhatt's early directional career consisted of acclaimed films, such as Arth, Saaransh, Janam, Naam and Zakhm....

's acclaimed films Arth

Arth (film)

Arth is a 1982 film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, starring Shabana Azmi, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Smita Patil, Raj Kiran and Rohini Hattangadi. It features a memorable soundtrack by Ghazal duo, Jagjit Singh and Chitra Singh....

(1982) and Saaransh

Saaransh

Saaransh is a 1984 Bollywood film starring Anupam Kher, Rohini Hattangadi and Soni Razdan. The film marked the screen debut of Anupam Kher. It was nominated for India's official entry for the 1985 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film...

(1984), and established Mahesh Bhatt as a promising new director of the Indian film industry, long before he ventured into his more commercial endeavours.

This film was followed by other films with similar themes from Bhatt's personal life, including Naam

Naam (1986 film)

Naam is a 1986 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, starring Nutan, Sanjay Dutt, Poonam Dhillon, Amrita Singh, Paresh Rawal and Kumar Gaurav.-Plot:...

(1986), Zakhm

Zakhm

Zakhm is a 1998 Hindi film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, starring Ajay Devgn, Pooja Bhatt, Sonali Bendre, Kunal Khemu and Nagarjuna Akkineni...

(1998) and Woh Lamhe

Woh Lamhe

Woh Lamhe... is a 2006 film starring Shiney Ahuja and Kangna Ranaut and directed by Mohit Suri. The film is a based on the true story of Parveen Babi's life, her battle with schizophrenia and her relationship with Mahesh Bhatt to whom she was a lover as well as a mentor in his struggling days.Bhatt...

(2006), films for which he provided the story.

Cast

• Kumar Gaurav
  Kumar Gaurav
  Kumar Gaurav is an Indian film actor and son of late actor Rajendra Kumar.-Career:He made his film debut with Love Story produced by his father and directed by Rahul Rawail which was a blockbuster. Many youngsters began to emulate him...
  
  
• Anupam Kher
  Anupam Kher
  Anupam Kher is an Indian actor who has appeared in nearly 400 films and 100 plays. Though mainly appearing in Bollywood films, he has had roles in some films from other nations as well...
  
  
• Shernaz Patel
  Shernaz Patel
  Shernaz Patel is an Indian film and theatre actor, who works in Hindi and English films, most known for her roles in films like Black and Guzaarish and English language theatre in Mumbai. She made her theatre debut with The Diary Of Anne Frank in 1984...
  
  
• Kitu Gidwani
  Kitu Gidwani
  Kitu Gidwani is an Indian actress and model. She has starred in some movies as well as serials in Indian television. She became popular after a TV series, Air Hostess aired on Doordarshan in 1986, and received critical acclaimed for her roles in Dance of the Wind , Deepa Mehta's Earth , Govind...
  
  
• Anita Kanwar
  Anita Kanwar
  Anita Kanwar is an Indian film and television actor who is best known for her role as Lajjo ji in the 1980s Doordarshan mega soap opera Buniyaad....
  
  
• Deepak Qazir