Mr India (1987)

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 | Wet Saree | Invisibility | Henchman | Beach

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)

Excellent

"Mugambo Kush Hua (Mugambo is pleased," is the famous line that was repeated several times by the late Amrish Puri in this 1980's classic movie. The movie stars Anil Kapoor as "Mr India," who can turn invisible when he needs to fight against the villain, Mugambo, but has to be very careful of "red light" at all times, Sri Devi as journalist who believes that Mr India exists and tries to find him, Satish Kaushik, as Anil Kapoor's friend "Calendar," who helps him to look after a bunch of orphaned children, one of which is none other than Aftab Shivdasani, now a Bollywood heartthrob. The movie itself is a science fiction, which was first for its type from Bollywood and what has made it even more memorable was the special effects used by the director, Boney Kapoor. The songs and the music are also very memorable and especially: "Hum Karte Hai Pyar Mr. India Se (I Love Mr India), "Hawa Hawaii," and not to mention the seductive song by the late Kishore Kumar, "I Love You," which enabled him to receive a film fare award for the best song.

Conclusion: Excellent movie which can be enjoyed with your family. Watchout for the re - make of this movie.