Sharaabi (1984)

Original title

शराबी

Directed by

Prakash Mehra

Genre

romantic comedy

Country

India

Runtime

3h

Rated

U

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy alcoholic man gets a chance to change his life when he falls in love with a kind woman. He must navigate his family's expectations and his own habits to win her heart.

lightheartedcomedicemotionalfast-paceddramaticbittersweetfeel-goodenergetic

What happens

Sharaabi (transl. Drunkard) is a 1984 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film produced and directed by Prakash Mehra. This was Mehra's sixth film with Amitabh Bachchan. The dialogues were written by Kadar Khan. During an interview to film expert Rajesh Subramanian filmmaker Prakash Mehra revealed that the father's role was initially offered to Dilip Kumar but after listening to the bound script the thespian refused citing the character had certain negative traits. Eventually the role was offered to Pran. Sharaabi stars Bachchan and Jaya Prada, with Pran, Om Prakash and Ranjeet. The music was composed by Bappi Lahiri. It became a super hit at the box office and also third highest grossing film of the 1984 behind Maqsad and Tohfa. The film, which was loosely inspired by the 1981 movie Arthur, was remade in Kannada in 1985 as Nee Thanda Kanike. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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