Tamanna (1997 film)

The year is 1975, the place is Mahim, Bombay. This is the story of Tikku (Paresh Rawal), a transgender and the only child of yesteryear Bollywood actress Nazneen Begum. Begum has fallen upon hard times, is virtually destitute, and is dependent on Tikku, who does make-up/hair-dressing of Bollywood actresses. When she passes away, Tikku is beside himself with grief. After the funeral, he witnesses a woman leaving a child in a garbage bin. Tikku picks up the girl, longing for human company, decides to keep her, names her Tamanna, and brings her up on his own with the help of a close friend, Saleem (Manoj Bajpayee).

When she is old enough, he arranges for her education in St. Mary's High School's hostel. When she completes school, she returns home to find Tikku in the guise of a hijra and shuns him, but subsequently relents. Then Tikku finds out that Tamanna (Pooja Bhatt) is the daughter of Ranvir Chopra, an up-and-coming politician. He tells her, and she goes to their palatial house. Watch what impact this has on the Chopra family and the excuse they have for abandoning Tamanna.[1]

• Paresh Rawal as Tikku
• Pooja Bhatt as Tamanna Chopra
• Sharad Kapoor as Sajid Khan
• Manoj Bajpayee as Saleem Khan
• Kamal Chopra as Ranveer Chopra, Tamanna's biological father
• Abha Ranjan as Geeta Chopra, Tamanna's biological mother
• Ashutosh Rana as a contract killer
• Akshay Anand as Jugal Chopra, Tamanna's brother
• Nadira as Nazneen Begum, Tikku's mother
• Zohra Sehgal as Ranveer Chopra's mother
• Sulabha Deshpande as Kaushalya, servant of the Chopra family
• Anupam Shyam as Anjum, Tikku's step-brother
• Rita Bhaduri as Mother Superior (cameo)
• Kunika as a movie actress, Tikku's client (cameo)
• Baby Ghazal as a Young Tamanna Chopra
• Alia Bhatt as Baby Tamanna Chopra
• Kunal Khemu as young Sajid
• Shaheen Bhatt as Ashutosh Rana's daughter

Paresh Rawal was critically praised for his role as a eunuch.

This film won National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues in 1998.

The music is composed by Anu Malik with lyrics by Rahat Indori, Makhdoom Mohiuddin [2]Nida Fazli, Indeevar and Kaifi Azmi. Kumar Sanu, Sonu Nigam and Alka Yagnik were selected to sing the tracks. Yeh Kya Hua became a very popular song in 1997.

• Tamanna at IMDb