Namak Halaal (1982)

Original title

नमक हलाल

Directed by

Prakash Mehra

Genre

soundtrack

Country

India

Runtime

2h 51m

Rated

U

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A loyal servant gets caught up in a web of lies and misunderstandings at a wealthy household. The story follows his efforts to prove his loyalty while navigating comedic situations and scheming characters.

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What happens

Namak Halaal (transl. Loyal Servant) is a 1982 Indian Hindi-language masala film, directed by Prakash Mehra and written by Kader Khan. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Smita Patil, Parveen Babi and Waheeda Rehman. Prakash Mehra initially approached Rajesh Khanna alongside Bachchan for the role of Shashi Kapoor as the both stars has done a similar film Namak Haraam but due to rivalry with Amitabh Bachchan he refused the role. The film went on to be the third highest-grossing Indian film of 1982, grossing ₹120 million (US$12.64 million). It is the biggest comedy blockbuster of all time in India, where it sold more than 20 million tickets, with an inflation-adjusted net income equivalent to nearly ₹3 billion (US$31 million) as of 2019. It was remade in Telugu as Bhale Ramudu (1984) and in Tamil as Velaikaran (1987). The song "Raat Baaki" has been recreated by Tanishk Bagchi for the movie Ittefaq. The movie is most famous for the dialogue 'I can talk English, I can walk English, I can laugh English because English is a very funny language.' (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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