Mr India (1987)

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Director:

Shekhar Kapur

Writers:

Javed Akhtar (writer)
Salim Khan (writer)

Release Date:

25 May 1987 (India)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Musical | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Orphaned as a child, Arun Verma (Anil Kapoor) has dedicated his adult life to looking after orphaned children...

Plot Keywords:

Children | Child | Charlie Chaplin | Beach | Invisibility

Cast

Bob Christo	...	Mr. Wolcott
Ramesh Deo	...	Police Inspector
Anil Kapoor	...	Arun Verma
Annu Kapoor	...	Mr. Gaitonde (Editor)
Satish Kaushik	...	Calendar
Ahmed Khan	...	Orphan
Ashok Kumar	...	Prof. Sinha
Karan Nath
Yunus Parvez	...	Maniklal
Harish Patel	...	Roopchand
Venus Pujari	...	Orphan
Amrish Puri	...	Mogambo
Sharat Saxena	...	Daaga
Tapan Shah	...	Orphan
Aftab Shivdasani	...	Orphan
Gurbachchan Singh	...	Captain Zorro
Sridevi	...	Seema Sohni
Anjan Srivastav	...	Baburam
Ajit Vachani	...	Teja

Runtime:

179 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Narsimha Enterprises

Trivia:

When Prof. Sinha is first talking to his students in the class, on the blackboard behind him are displayed formulae from varied branches of science - mathematics, chemistry etc. Prominently visible is "Boney's Law of Time-Space Continuum". Boney Kapoor is the producer of the movie.

Quotes:

Mogambo: Mogambo is pleased.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Salaam Bombay! (1988)

The Indian family version of 'The Invisible Man'

From the film industry which releases the largest number of movies in the world (more than Hollywood can even dream!), Mr. India was the perfect mix of dreams and reality. On the one hand is Arun, the caretaker of orphans, trying to have a living for everyone out of his non-existent income, and on the other is Mocambo (or Mogambo), the villain who wants to destroy India and take over control.

Things change for Arun when he discovers a secret to become invisible. The magic band does wonders for his love life and comes in handy to do good for the humanity.. fighting the bad guys and ultimately saving the world!

Mr. India can be described as the 'Indian twist' to 'The Invisible Man', where the hero can never do anything bad. Shekhar Kapoor (The Director) has done a good job in mixing adventure, comedy, drama and romance, while retaining the original flavor of the 'good old' Indian film musical. Overall, a delight to watch!