<P> The film is a comic satire on a judicial system, where cases drag on for decades, where plaintiffs either die or lose hope and money, while the corrupt run scot free, thanks to their nexus with corrupt lawyers . </P> <P> It won the 1984 National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare . </P> <P> An old couple, Mohan Joshi (Bhisham Sahni) and his wife (Dina Pathak), sues their landlord (Amjad Khan) for not maintaining their' collapsing' apartment building . For this, they hire two cunning lawyers (Naseeruddin Shah and Satish Shah), while Rohini Hattangadi is the opposition lawyer . </P> <P> The court case drags on for years and the lawyers milk the old couple dry, while they become rich . Back home in the society, the old couple is ridiculed for fighting the landlord, but they fight on nevertheless . </P>

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