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.
The Bollywood 100The essentials
- Directed by Gulzar — also responsible for Ijaazat, Aandhi, Talvar.
- Released in 1999, in the 1990s — see everything else from that decade.
- Filed under Political, Drama.
- Read more on Wikipedia, check the full crew on IMDb, or find a legal stream via JustWatch.
Film record Wikipedia — Hu Tu Tu (1999) · data last revised 9 August 2026 · title, year, director and cast are read from that article; this site keeps no independent print record and does not claim one
Editorial Inclusion in the extended canon, unranked — not a measurement · last revised 9 August 2026 · signed by Amit Sharma · the scoring is published in full so the machinery can be argued with, not just the result
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