Mogambo (Mr. India)
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| Directed by | Shekhar Kapur |
| Produced by | Boney Kapoor |
| Written by | Salim-Javed |
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Laxmikant-Pyarelal Javed Akhtar (lyrics) |
| Cinematography | Baba Azmi |
| Edited by | Waman Bhonsle Gurudutt Shirali |
| Distributed by | Narsimha Enterprises |
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179 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹30 million (equivalent to ₹260 million or US$4.1 million in 2016) |
| Box office | ₹120 million (equivalent to ₹1.1 billion or US$16 million in 2016) |
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| Soundtrack album by Laxmikant-Pyarelal | |
| Genre | Hindi Film Soundtrack |
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| Producer | Laxmikant-Pyarelal |
Mr. India is a 1987 Indian Hindi science fiction superhero film directed by Shekhar Kapur. It stars Anil Kapoor, Sridevi and Amrish Puri in the lead roles
The film was the highest grossing Indian film of 1987, and remains a cult classic in India. The film was known for several of its lines and songs, including Sridevi's Miss Hawa Hawaii performance, and Amrish Puri's quote "Mogambo khush hua" (Mogambo is pleased), which is one of the most famous quotes of Bollywood and became synonymous with Puri. The Mogambo character is also considered to be one of the best villains in Bollywood history.Laxmikant-Pyarelal's music performed well too, especially the song Hawa Hawaii which is very popular till today. The film has often been featured in different lists of top Bollywood films. Indiatimes Movies ranks the movie amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films. This was the last film that the writing duo Salim-Javed wrote together. They had split up earlier in 1982, but came back for one last film.
On the centenary of Indian Cinema, Mr. India has been declared one of the 100 Greatest Indian Films of All Time. Interestingly Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan were offered the lead role, but they turned it down as they couldn't relate with the invisible hero.
Mogambo (Amrish Puri) is a brilliant yet insane General whose goal is to conquer India. From his island, he monitors the evil-doings perpetrated by his henchmen. All of his subordinates know the formal salute "Hail Mogambo!", emphasising his complete authority over his minions.
Arun Verma (Anil Kapoor) is an orphan and a street-walking violinist who rents a large, old house. There, he houses a dozen or so orphaned children and takes care of them with the help of his cook and caretaker Calendar (Satish Kaushik). Arun is poor, owes debts to the local food merchant Roopchand (Harish Patel), and is overdue to pay the landlord Maniklal (Yunus Parvez). In spite of these problems, Arun tries to look on the bright side of every situation. As time goes by, Calendar reminds Arun that the cost of running the home continues to rise. Arun decides to rent out the room on the first floor. When he goes to the local newspaper to run an advertisement for the room, he meets Seema Sahni (Sridevi) and makes her his tenant. They get off to a rocky start but Seema eventually becomes friends with everyone.
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