Maachis has been a wonderful movie that is remembered even so many days after its release. It is simply a superb movie that has marked its foot print in the Bollywood industry. Released in the year of 1996, Maachis says a lot about the society and conveys through its story line the present status of the youth of the country. Directed and produced by the super talented Gulzar, Maachis - the film made a strong impact in the history of the Bollywood film industry.

Maachis, 1996 tasted both the commercial and critical success. The title of the movie is very significant. It talks about the youth, who are like match sticks (maachis) and could be ignited easily because of the lack of proper political and policing systems. It portrays through some talented actors as well as emerging talents the adverse circumstances involving the rise of the Sikh Insurgency in Punjab during the 1980's.

The movie traces the transformation of an innocent youth to a dreaded terrorist. He wanted to avenge the wrongs meted out to him. The social and political circumstances were responsible for transforming to a next door boy to a dreaded terrorist. Counted as one of the most prominent Bollywood action movies, it bagged a number of film awards. Chandrachur Singh got the Filmfare Best Debut Award. Tabu was also honored for her brilliant work with the National Film Award for Best Actress.

Maachis has an excellent star cast that makes the movie such a success. The bunch of talented actors, who were apart of this block buster hit film were the following:

Tabu as Virender Kaur
Chandrachur Singh as Kripal Singh
Om Puri as Sanatan
Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Commander
Kanwaljit Singh as Inspector Vohra
S M Zaheer as Khurana
Raj Zutshi as Jaswant Singh Randhawa
Jimmy Shergill as Jaimal
Ravi Gosain as Kuldip
Suneel Sinha as Wazira

Maachis is also remembered because of the beautiful numbers that add charm to the film. None of the songs are irrelevant and are wonderfully blended with the movie story line. Music Director Vishal Bharadwaj has once again done it. The popular tracks like 'Chappa Chappa Charkha Chale' and 'Chod Aye Hum Woh Galiya' is still now played at various radio stations, television channels and at personal music systems. Make sure to watch Maachis for sure if you still have not watched it.

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