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Maachis: Overview, Plot & Cast

Maachis (transl. Matchsticks) is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language period political thriller film written and directed by Gulzar. The film stars Chandrachur Singh, Om Puri, Tabu, and Jimmy Sheirgill. The film is set against the backdrop of the Sikh insurgency in Punjab during the 1980s. The plot delves into the personal and political turmoil faced by…

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Maachis topic overview

The analysis highlights Overview, Plot and Cast as prominent areas in the source structure around Maachis.

Related topics: 40
Source areas: 5
Connected nodes: 45
Extracted relationships: 23
Concept neighborhoods: 17
Bridge connections: 45

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 21 topics

Plot · 9 topics

Cast · 6 topics

Soundtrack · 3 topics

Controversy · 1 topics

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Key facts & relationships

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Box office: est. ₹63.6 million
Budget: ₹20 million
Cinematography: Manmohan Singh
Country: India
Directed by: Gulzar
Distributed by: Eros Entertainment

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Overview

Period Historical drama
Political thriller
Gulzar
Chandrachur Singh
Om Puri
Tabu Tabu (actress)
Jimmy Sheirgill
Sikh insurgency Punjab insurgency
Punjab Punjab, India
Vengeance Vengeance (concept)
Radicalization
44th National Film Awards
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment
Best Actress National Film Award for Best Actress
42nd Filmfare Awards
Best Film Filmfare Award for Best Film
Best Director Filmfare Award for Best Director
Best Actress Filmfare Award for Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
Best Male Debut Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut
R. D. Burman Award Filmfare R. D. Burman Award

Plot

Cast

Controversy

Malaysia

Soundtrack

Vishal Bhardwaj
KK KK (singer)
Gulzar Gulzar (lyricist)

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How Maachis connects Entity context

The extracted context around Maachis shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Maachis → Chhod Aaye Hum, Gulzar, Hindi, KK, The, Vishal Bhardwaj Another extracted example is Maachis → est. ₹63.6 million. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Maachis

Top relations

related to Soundtrack · 6

Maachis → Chhod Aaye Hum, Gulzar, Hindi, KK, The, Vishal Bhardwaj

Box office · 1

Maachis → est. ₹63.6 million

Budget · 1

Maachis → ₹20 million

Cinematography · 1

Maachis → Manmohan Singh

Country · 1

Maachis → India

Directed by · 1

Maachis → Gulzar

Distributed by · 1

Maachis → Eros Entertainment

Edited by · 1

Maachis → M. Ravi & Sadanand Shetty

Language · 1

Maachis → Hindi

Music by · 1

Maachis → Vishal Bhardwaj

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Important terminology

kripal veeran film sanatan police singh group tabu jaswant gulzar jimmy militant cyanide chandrachur puri khurana vohra written bhardwaj commander

Maachis relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 23 structured relationships around Maachis. Examples in this analysis include Maachis → Box office → est. ₹63.6 million and Maachis → Budget → ₹20 million. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Maachis	Box office	est. ₹63.6 million	1.00	infobox
Maachis	Budget	₹20 million	1.00	infobox
Maachis	Cinematography	Manmohan Singh	1.00	infobox
Maachis	Country	India	1.00	infobox
Maachis	Directed by	Gulzar	1.00	infobox
Maachis	Distributed by	Eros Entertainment	1.00	infobox
Maachis	Edited by	M. Ravi & Sadanand Shetty	1.00	infobox
Maachis	Language	Hindi	1.00	infobox
Maachis	Music by	Vishal Bhardwaj	1.00	infobox
Maachis	Produced by	R. V. Pandit	1.00	infobox
Maachis	Release date	25 October 1996 (1996-10-25)	1.00	infobox
Maachis	Running time	168 minutes	1.00	infobox
Maachis	Starring	Chandrachur Singh Tabu Om Puri Jimmy Sheirgill	1.00	infobox
Maachis	Written by	Gulzar	1.00	infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Maachis bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Release, Written and Awards. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

chandrachur singh
- Puri
- Tabu
- Jimmy
- Om
- Sheirgill
- Singh
- Awards
- Received
- Won
- Film
- Jaimal
- Kripal
44th national film awards
- Won
- Tabu
- Received
- Awards
- Film
- Chandrachur
- Puri
- Gulzar
- Maachis
- Om
- Political
- Sheirgill
best popular film providing wholesome entertainment
- Tabu
- Awards
- Won
- Chandrachur
- Puri
- Gulzar
- Received
- Om
- Political
- Sheirgill
- Sikh
- Written
best film
- Tabu
- Awards
- Won
- Chandrachur
- Puri
- Gulzar
- Received
- Om
- Political
- Sheirgill
- Sikh
- Written
jimmy sheirgill
- Singh
- Sheirgill
- Tabu
- Om
- Jaimal
- Puri
- Police
- Inspector
- Kedar
- One
- Wazir
- Khurana
kanwaljit singh
- Jimmy
- Sheirgill
- Jaimal
- Tabu
- Kripal
- Jaswant
- Inspector
- One
- Veeran
- Wazir
- Commander
- Khurana
om puri
- Puri
- Sheirgill
- Tabu
- Singh
- Jimmy
- Awards
- Received
- Won
- Inspector
- Commander
- Khurana
- Vohra
gulzar
- Written
- Bhardwaj
- Maachis
- Awards
- Received
- Won
- Music
- Political
- Release
- Chandrachur
- Puri
- Tabu

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Maachis, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Maachis with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3

Maachis — Overview · splits 24 ⟂ 22

Maachis — Plot · splits 36 ⟂ 10

Maachis — Cast · splits 39 ⟂ 7

Maachis — Soundtrack · splits 42 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Maachis

Nodes46

Edges45

Triples23

Avg. degree1.96

Density0.043478

Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Maachis to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Overview, Plot & Cast, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Maachis · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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