3 Deewarein

"Three convicts… One woman… One truth…"

Aug 1 2003 Not Rated 1h 55m
Crime, Drama

Three men are on death row. Jaggu (Jackie Shroff), a lawyer and a poet, is serving a sentence for murdering his wife because she was cheating on him with another man. Nagya (Nagesh Kukunoor), a man angry with the whole world, is arrested for murdering his wife too, but he claims that it was an accident where she falls off the sidewalk while they were talking. Ishaan (Naseeruddin Shah), a happy-go-lucky man, is also arrested for murder that he commits while in the act of robbery. The prison's custodian is Mohan (Gulshan Grover), who attempts several methods to reform the prison's inmates. A documentary filmmaker, Chandrika (Juhi Chawla) comes to the jail to set a film about these three men. In the process, she finds redemption to her troubled marriage.

Plot

Reporter, Chandrika wants to film a documentary on the life of prisoners and thus seeks permission from Jailer, Mohan Kumar to conduct a study on three prisoners that are soon to be hang - a qualify lawyer, Jagdish Prasad alias Jaggu, guilty of knifing his unfaithful wife multiple times to death, Ishaan Mirza, a con-man, guilty of shooting a pregnant bank teller to death while Naagya causes the death of his wife by pushing her in the midst of a running vehicle.

Written by

Nagesh Kukunoor

Directed by

Nagesh Kukunoor

Cast

Naseeruddin Shah, Jackie Shroff, Juhi Chawla

Crew

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Production Countries

India

Production Companies

Metalight Productions

Languages

English

Awards

2 wins & 12 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
2,740
Average Rating
7.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA