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Namak Halaal

  • 19821982
  • 2h 51m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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Namak Halaal (1982)
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Brought up by his grandfather, Arjun Singh moves to the city in search of a new job and life. While in the city he meets Bhairon, who helps him find a job as a singer in a 5-star hotel owned... Read allBrought up by his grandfather, Arjun Singh moves to the city in search of a new job and life. While in the city he meets Bhairon, who helps him find a job as a singer in a 5-star hotel owned by Raja.Brought up by his grandfather, Arjun Singh moves to the city in search of a new job and life. While in the city he meets Bhairon, who helps him find a job as a singer in a 5-star hotel owned by Raja.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
2.6K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
96,336
27,575
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    • Director
      • Prakash Mehra
    • Writers
      • Surendra Kaul
      • Kader Khan(dialogue)
    • Stars
      • Waheeda Rehman
      • Shashi Kapoor
      • Amitabh Bachchan
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Prakash Mehra
    • Writers
      • Surendra Kaul
      • Kader Khan(dialogue)
    • Stars
      • Waheeda Rehman
      • Shashi Kapoor
      • Amitabh Bachchan
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    • 10User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

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    Shashi Kapoor and Parveen Babi in Namak Halaal (1982)
    Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor in Namak Halaal (1982)
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    Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, and Parveen Babi in Namak Halaal (1982)
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    Waheeda Rehman
    Waheeda Rehman
    • Savitridevi
    Shashi Kapoor
    Shashi Kapoor
    • Raja
    Amitabh Bachchan
    Amitabh Bachchan
    • Arjun Singh
    Smita Patil
    Smita Patil
    • Poonam
    Parveen Babi
    Parveen Babi
    • Nisha
    Om Prakash
    Om Prakash
    • Dasrath Singh (Daddu)
    Ranjeet Bedi
    Ranjeet Bedi
    • Ranjit Singh
    • (as Ranjeet)
    Satyendra Kapoor
    Satyendra Kapoor
    • Girdar
    Ram Sethi
    Ram Sethi
    • Bhairon
    • (as Ram P. Sethi)
    Kamal Kapoor
    Kamal Kapoor
    • Sanyal (Raja's father)
    Chandrashekhar Vaidya
    Chandrashekhar Vaidya
    • Mehta (Lawyer)
    • (as Chandrashekhar)
    Ashalata Wabgaonkar
    Ashalata Wabgaonkar
    • Nisha's mother
    Dev Kumar
    Dev Kumar
    • Deva
    Harish Magon
    • Poonam's blind brother
    Nandita Thakur
    Nandita Thakur
    • Hotel Clerk
    Viju Khote
    Viju Khote
    • Talwar Seth
    Suresh Oberoi
    Suresh Oberoi
    • Bhim Singh
    Bob Christo
    Bob Christo
    • The Hitman appointed to kill Raja
    • Director
      • Prakash Mehra
    • Writers
      • Surendra Kaul
      • Kader Khan(dialogue)
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    • Trivia
      The classical song Pag Ghungroo Bandhe Meera Nache sung by Kishore Kumar had a part of classical lyrics (Sa Sa Sa Re Ga Re Ga Pani Ni Sa Sa Sa) this particular verse was sung by classical singer P Satyanarayan Mishra.
    • Quotes

      Arjun Singh: I know such English that I will leave the British behind. You see sir, I can talk English, I can walk English, I can laugh English, I can run English, because English is such a funny language. Bhairo becomes Byron because their minds are very narrow. In the year 1929 when India was playing Australia at the Melbourne stadium Vijay Hazare and Vijay Merchant were at the crease. Vijay Merchant told Vijay Hazare "Look Vijay Hazare Sir, this is a very prestigious match and we must consider it very prestigiously. We must take this into consideration, the consideration that this is an important match and ultimately this consideration must end in a run." In the year 1979 when Pakistan was playing against India at the Wankhede stadium Wasim Raja and Wasim Bari were at the crease and they took the same consideration. Wasim Raja told Wasim Bari, "Look Wasim Bari, we must consider this consideration and considering that this is an important match we must put this consideration into action and ultimately score a run." And both of them considered the consideration and ran and both of them got out.

    • Connections
      Featured in Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      Pag Ghungroo Bandh
      Performed by Kishore Kumar

      Lyrics by Anjaan

      Music by Bappi Lahiri

    User reviews10

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    Top review
    6/10
    Funny movie
    Namak Halaal is one of the funniest movies made practically because of Amitabh's comic timing The film is quite new but with some of the same separated-reunited theme along with vixens, grandfathers, lovers and villains

    Amitabh plays a country bumpkin who is told by his Daddu (Om Prakash) to be faithful to the hand that feeds you Amitabh gets a job with Shashi Kapoor and falls in love with Smita Patel who also works with Shashi Kapoor Ranjeet and his dad try to kill Shashi but always fail because of Amitabh

    This film is good for Amitabh's acting at his best If you get a chance watch it
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    • Jun 29, 2012

    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 30, 1982 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Language
      • Hindi
    • Also known as
      • Loyal Servant
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 51 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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