Hum Paanch (1980)

Name: Hum Paanch
Genre: Action, Drama
Released: 1980-11-27
Duration: 163 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Sanjeev Kumar, Shabana Azmi, Mithun Chakraborty, Deepti Naval, Naseeruddin Shah

Hum Paanch (1980), directed by Bapu, starring Sanjeev Kumar and Shabana Azmi.

11/27/1980 BR Action and Drama 2h 43m

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Tyrannical and wealthy Veer Pratap Singh, rules over a small town - ruthlessly. Whoever opposes him is crushed. He is attracted to women, and has a lengthy affair with Soundariya, and even has a secret marriage ceremony with her. When Soundariya gets pregnant, he asks her to abort the child. When she refuses, he shuns her, and denies ever having married her or even being intimate with her. Her brothers attempt to get justice, but are dealt with ruthlessly by Pratap Singh's bodyguard, Bhima. Soundariya then must garner support of herself, and must find someone who can stand up to Veer Pratap Singh and end his tyranny, in a town with men who have been subdued for eons by Veer Pratap Singh and his men for eons.

BapuDirector
Kamlakar KarkhanisEditing
Boney KapoorProducer
Surinder KapoorProducer

About the film

Hum Paanch (transl. Us Five) is a 1981 Hindi language action film directed by Bapu and produced by Boney Kapoor. The film features an all-star cast including Sanjeev Kumar, Shabana Azmi, Mithun Chakraborty, Deepti Naval, Naseeruddin Shah, Raj Babbar, Uday Chandra, Gulshan Grover (in his film debut) and Amrish Puri. The film was a surprise and big hit at the box office, and the 7th highest-grossing Hindi Film at the domestic box office of the year 1981.

The movie was Boney Kapoor's maiden venture as a producer. A young Anil Kapoor, who is Boney Kapoor's brother, has a cameo appearance. This film is a remake of 1978 Kannada film Paduvaaralli Pandavaru, directed by Puttanna Kanagal which was also remade by Bapu earlier in Telugu as Mana Voori Pandavulu (1978).

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Cast

Sanjeev Kumar as Krishna

Shabana Azmi as Sundariya

Mithun Chakraborty as Bheema

Deepti Naval as Lajiya "Lajjo"

Naseeruddin Shah as Suraj

Raj Babbar as Arjun

Uday Chandra as Swaroop

Gulshan Grover as Mahaveer

Aruna Irani as Nishi

Amrish Puri as Thakur Veer Pratap Singh

Anil Kapoor as Aadesh

A. K. Hangal as Pandit

Geeta Siddharth as Veer Pratap's Sister

Roopesh Kumar as Vijay

Kanhaiyalal as Lala Nainsukh Prasad Shrivastav

Kalpana Iyer in song "Aaiye Meherban"

Leena Das in song "Aaiye Meherban"

Phiroza Cooper in song "Aaiye Meherban"

Sujata Bakshi in song "Aaiye Meherban"

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Hum Paanch at IMDb

Text from Hum Paanch (film) on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hum_Paanch_(film)

Trivia

It premiered on November 27, 1980, a Thursday.
It runs 2h43 — well over the usual two hours.
This film's quiz has 11 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosS. K. Films Enterprises
CountriesIndia
LanguagesHindi
StatusReleased

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Bapu Director
Kamlakar Karkhanis Editing
Boney Kapoor Producer
Surinder Kapoor Producer
Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar Original music
Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma Original music
Venkata Ramana Mullapoodi Writer

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What is Hum Paanch about?

Hum Paanch: Tyrannical and wealthy Veer Pratap Singh, rules over a small town - ruthlessly. Whoever opposes him is crushed. He is attracted to women, and has a lengthy affair with Soundariya, and even has a secret marriage ceremony with her. When Soundariya gets pregnant, he asks her to abort the child. When she refuses, he shuns…

Who directed Hum Paanch?

Hum Paanch was directed by Bapu in 1980.

Who stars in Hum Paanch?

The cast of Hum Paanch includes Sanjeev Kumar, Shabana Azmi, Mithun Chakraborty, Deepti Naval and Naseeruddin Shah.

How long is Hum Paanch?

Hum Paanch runs for 163 minutes, or 2h43.