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Director:
B. Gupta
Writers:
Sunil Priyadarshi (screenplay)
Sunil Priyadarshi (story)
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Release Date:
31 December 1987 (India) more
Genre:
Sci-Fi more
Plot:
In this Indian take on the classic superhero story, a young baby from the doomed planet Krypton is sent to Earth... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Urmila Bhatt ... Superman's Foster Mother
Birbal ... Birbal Chamcha
Bob Christo ... Bob
Dharmendra ... Superman's Biological Father
Preeti Ganguli ... Woman from Zambia
Rajan Haksar ... Goga
Dinesh Hingoo ... Rustom
Puneet Issar ... Shekhar 'Superman'
Jagdeep ... Towffle
Jankidas ... Jankidas
Shakti Kapoor ... Verma (chairman of the underworld)
Ranjeeta Kaur ... Superman's Biological Mother
Ashok Kumar ... Superman's Foster Father
Lalita Kumari ... Mrs. Jankidas
Guddi Maruti ... Guddi Jhunjhunwali
Murad ... Chief of the other planet
Sonia Sahni ... Editor
Sudhir ... John (No. #6)
Piloo J. Wadia ... Lucy
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Indian Superman (India: English title)
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Country:
India
Language:
Hindi
Color:
Color
Company:
Fine Art Pictures more

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Trivia:
Borrows several minutes of footage and a sound bite from Superman (1978). more
Movie Connections:
Features Superman (1978) more
Soundtrack:
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Best Line Ever, 18 November 2005
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Author: Deep (just a guy) from Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Best line ever from a Bollywood flick: "There is something black in my lentils..." - R.K. Verma

Now, the movie is absolutely pathetic, and yes, it rips off a fair bit from the version starring Christopher Reeves, but then again, so did every other Bollywood movie at the time! Honestly, I just watched it for comedic value, and if you take everything as tongue in cheek (and maybe if you turn down the volume and speak your own dialog on top), then maybe it's almost worth watching. Not renting, mind you. Never rent this movie. Never. Ever. Please. But if you can find someone who owns, or has been silly enough to rent this film, give it a go. At least give you a few chuckles. Heck, it's got a character named "Ms. Muscle Woman from Zambia". How bad could it really be?

Now I'm off to find a new TV. Mine decided to blow itself up instead of allowing itself to display atrocities like this film.

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