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Film poster
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Directed by | Prakash Mehra |
Produced by | Satyendra Pal |
Written by | Kader Khan (Dialogue) |
Starring |
Amitabh Bachchan Smita Patil Parveen Babi Shashi Kapoor |
Music by | Bappi Lahiri |
Release date
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30 April 1982 |
Running time
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172 mins |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
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Soundtrack album to Namak Halaal by Bappi Lahiri | |
Released | 1982 |
Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Language | Hindi |
Label | EMI Records |
Namak Halaal (Hindi: नमक हलाल) is a 1982 Hindi language action comedy film, directed by Prakash Mehra. Music is by Bappi Lahiri and lyrics by Anjaan. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Smita Patil, Shashi Kapoor, Parveen Babi, Om Prakash, Waheeda Rehman, Ranjeet, Satyen Kappu, Suresh Oberoi and Ram Sethi. The film became a "Blockbuster" at the box office and went on to be a golden jubilee hit (which was common to all Bachchan films at that time).
It was remade in Telugu as Bhale Ramudu by veteran director K. S. R. Das in 1984 with Mohan Babu and Murali Mohan in Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor's role respectively.
It was also remade in Tamil as Velaikaran by veteran director S.P. Muthuraman in 1986 with Rajnikanth and Sarath Babu in Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor's role respectively and was a huge hit.