Kareeb (करीब) 25 years old

Birju is a young man who lives with his mom, dad, sister, and a younger brother in an upper middle class home. His father would like him to work as well as accept some responsibility, but Birju does not heed him, but is instead interested in petty thievery, lies, and romancing a beautiful young woman named Neha. When he proposes marriage, his mom and dad hope that this will set him on the right path, and they approve of his marriage with Neha. When Neha finds out the truth about Birju, she refuses to marry him, and re-locates to another town. Birju is unable to get Neha out of his mind, and he runs away from home, hoping to locate Neha somewhere, and try to patch things with her. He does find Neha and her mom, who is hospitalized. When Birju makes inquiries he is told that Neha's mom is due for major surgery, and that this operation will cost a lot of money. Birju steals the money to pay for the surgery...

Credits

Kareeb Cast

Name Character
Saurabh Shukla He was 35, now 61 years old as Birju's Father
Bobby Deol He was 31, now 57 years old as Brij Kumar (Birju)
Shammi Kapoor He was 66, 79 years old when he died as Thakur Ranbir Singh
Sushma Seth She was 62, now 87 years old as Lata
Moushumi Chatterjee She was 50, now 76 years old as Neha's Mother
Neha as Neha
Johnny Lever He was 40, now 66 years old as Bighelaal

Kareeb Crew

Name Department
Vidhu Vinod Chopra as Director. He was 45 (now 71) years old Directing
Vidhu Vinod Chopra as Producer. He was 45 (now 71) years old Production
Vidhu Vinod Chopra as Screenplay. He was 45 (now 71) years old Writing
Abhijit Joshi as Screenplay. He was 28 (now 54) years old Writing
Vir Chopra as Producer. Production
Kamna Chandra as Story. Writing
Kamna Chandra as Dialogue. Writing
Kareeb poster
Kareeb (25 years)

  • Release day: Friday, July 17, 1998
  • Runtime: 155 minutes