Hum Paanch (film) explained

Hum Paanch
Director:Bapu
Producer:Boney Kapoor
Surinder Kapoor
Screenplay:Mullapudi Venkata Ramana
Starring:Nasiruddin Shah
Sanjeev Kumar
Shabana Azmi
Mithun Chakraborty
Raj Babbar
Gulshan Grover
Amrish Puri
Music:Laxmikant–Pyarelal
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
Cinematography:Sharad Kadwe
Editing:Kamlakar Karkhanis
Studio:S. K. Films Enterprises
Runtime:180 mins
Country:India
Language:Hindi

Hum Paanch (Us Five) is a 1980 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, Nasiruddin Shah, Raj Babbar, Gulshan Grover (in his film debut) and Amrish Puri.

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).[1] The film was distributed by R. N. Mandre.[2] The movie was an adaptation of the Mahabharata, fit to a rural scenario with some hints to the various clashes between the Pandavas and the Kauravas and to the characters in the epic.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: 2015-08-11 . Boney Kapoor: Hum Paanch made Amrish Puri a star . The Times of India . 2023-11-06 . 0971-8257.
  2. Web site: Hum Paanch (1980). IMDb.
  3. Web site: Hum Paanch (1980). Flixster.