The Extended Canon
Hu Tu Tu
हू तू तू · 1999
The daughter of two corrupt politicians drifts toward the militants opposing them. Gulzar's last film as director.
- Director
- Gulzar
- Year
- 1999
- Genre
- Political · Drama
- Cast
- Tabu, Sunil Shetty, Nana Patekar, Suhasini Mulay
Why it's in the canon
A bleak, underseen political film with Vishal Bhardwaj's first great score.
The daughter of two corrupt politicians drifts toward the militants opposing them. Gulzar's last film as director.
Hu Tu Tu sits in the 1990s alongside Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and Satya — a decade this canon treats as formative.
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