Masoom (1983 film)

Masoom
Poster
Directed byShekhar Kapur
Screenplay byGulzar
Based onMan, Woman and Child
by Erich Segal
Produced byChanda Dutt
Devi Dutt
StarringShabana Azmi
Naseeruddin Shah
Saeed Jaffrey
CinematographyPravin Bhatt
Edited byAruna Raje
Vikas Desai
Music byR. D. Burman
Distributed byBombino Video Pvt. Ltd.
Release date
  • 21 October 1983 (1983-10-21)
(India)
Running time
165 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Masoom (transl.The Innocent) is a 1983 Indian Hindi-language drama film, the directorial debut of Shekhar Kapur. It is an adaptation of the 1980 Erich Segal novel Man, Woman and Child, which was also adapted into a Malayalam movie Olangal and an American movie Man, Woman and Child. The film stars Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah and Saeed Jaffrey in lead roles, with Tanuja and Supriya Pathak in special appearances. It features Urmila Matondkar, Aradhana and Jugal Hansraj in their debuts as child actors. The screenplay, dialogues and lyrics are by Gulzar with music by R.D. Burman. The film has been remade into a Telugu movie named Illalu Priyuralu and in Turkish as Bir Akşam Üstü.