The Burning Train (1980)

A dedicated railway employee's plan to introduce an express train result in sabotage.

Director:

Ravi Chopra

Writers:

Ravi Chopra (story), Kamleshwar (dialogue),

Stars:

Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna, Jeetendra

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dharmendra	...	Ashok
Vinod Khanna	...	Vinod Verma
Jeetendra	...	Thief
Vinod Mehra	...	Rakesh
Hema Malini	...	Seema
Parveen Babi	...	Mrs. Sheetal Vinod Verma
Simi Garewal	...	School-teacher
Navin Nischol	...	Doctor
Danny Denzongpa	...	Randhir
Neetu Singh	...	Madhu
Sujit Kumar	...	Catholic Priest / Police Inspector Ranbir
Ranjeet	...	Chander
Iftekhar	...	Railway Board Chair Jagmohan
Nasir Hussain	...	Mr. Verma (Vinod's dad)
Satyendra Kapoor	...	Madhu's dad

Storyline

Vinod Verma is an employee of the Indian Railways, who always had a dream of making the perfect and fastest train in India. After years of dedication the Railway Board approves his prototype of the Super Express. But these years had had their toll on his personal life, as his wife, Sheetal and son, are more like strangers to him. He hopes to make it up to them after the train makes it inaugural run from Delhi to Bombay in a record 14 hours. Showing him support are his friends, Ashok and Rakesh. But an embittered fellow-employee named Randhir, the son of the Chair of the Railway Board, has other plans for Vinod and the Super Express - plans that may derail Vinod's delicate personal balance, and make the Super Express' inaugural journey also the final one.

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Plot Keywords:

forced perspective | burning train | end of friendship | friendship | breaking up | 

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

20 March 1980 (India)

Filming Locations:

Film City, Goregaon, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

B.R. Films, United Producers

Technical Specs

Runtime:

142 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Teri Nazar Hai Mujpe, Meri Nazar Hai Tujpe"
Performed by Asha Bhosle
Lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi
Music by Rahul Dev Burman

User Reviews

Edited version

I have attempting to get hold of this film for a very long time and when i finally got it wow. However several bits did not make sense. The previous reviews says it is 142 minutes long, and i know for a fact that at least one of the five songs was missing - 'Teri hai zameen, tera aasman'. Having done a further search, the film is actually 185 minutes long. Although the film was great, the reason it did not make sense was because i'd seen the edited version, where they had taken out all the important bits.

The songs are absolutely great, the relationship between Vinod Khanna and Praveen Babi, and Dhamendra with Hema Malini was great, especially where they got together.

Still attempting to get hold of a proper copy so if anyone knows where then please let me know.