Porter (1983)

When Iqbal gets separated from his mother and brother by a flood, he becomes a coolie at Mumbai railway station. He then fights for the coolies rights and faces challenges from a businessman.

Directors:

Manmohan Desai, Prayag Raj

Writers:

Smt. Jeevanprabha M. Desai (idea) (as Smt. J.M. Desai), Kader Khan (dialogue)

Stars:

Amitabh Bachchan, Waheeda Rehman, Rishi Kapoor

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Amitabh Bachchan	...	Iqbal A. Khan
Waheeda Rehman	...	Salma
Rishi Kapoor	...	Sunny
Rati Agnihotri	...	Julie D'Costa
Shoma Anand	...	Deepa Iyengar
Suresh Oberoi	...	Vicky Puri
Om Shivpuri	...	Mr. Om Puri
Satyendra Kapoor	...	Aslam (as Satyen Kappu)
Nilu Phule	...	Nathu (Mama)
Goga Kapoor	...	Goga (as Goga)
Puneet Issar	...	Bob
Mukri	...	Mr. Iyengar
Shubha Khote	...	Mrs. Savitri Iyengar (as Shobha Khote)
Krishan Dhawan	...	Maula Saab
Ashalata Wabgaonkar	...	Parvati (Nathu's wife) (as Ashalata)

Storyline

A wealthy, but evil man named Zafar Khan, has fallen in love a girl named Salma and wants to marry her, but she and her father do not let him. Zafar is arrested for various crimes and is imprisoned for 10 years, but when he is discharged, he sees that Salma is married to a good man named Aslam Khan. Zafar Khan, wants to convince Salma to marry him but Salma refuses. Zafar plots his revenge by flooding the region in which Salma lives in, killing her father, injuring Aslam and Salma, causing her to lose her memory. During this catastrophe, Salma is also separated from her young son, Iqbal. Zafar abducts Salma and tells the world she is his wife. He also adopts an infant from an orphanage in Kanpur, a boy named Sunny, for Salma to raise on the advice of a psychiatrist. Meanwhile, Iqbal is reunited with his uncle, who has lost his wife and son in the flood. The uncle will raise Iqbal as his own, as they have no more family. Years pass, and Iqbal and his uncle work as coolies. Iqbal has ...

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Plot Keywords:

boy | flood | porter | childhood sweetheart | hospital | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

After Naseeb Coolie was announced but the actual started after Desh Premee.

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Goofs

When Iqbal is explaining to the Railway Minister that one of his porters was assaulted by one of the commuters, there is a yellow stick in front of him which moves with him.

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Crazy Credits

At the shot where Amitabh Bachchan actually got hurt and had serious injury, a card appear reading the same.

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Connections

Referenced in Comedy Nights with Kapil: Kapil ke Ghar aaya Bhoothnath - Part 2 (2014)

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Soundtracks

Jawani ki rail kahin chhoot na
Lyrics by Anand Bakshi
Music by Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar & Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma
Performed by Shabbir Kumar & Anuradha Paudwal

User Reviews

Watch it just for Amitabh, and you won't be disappointed..

well, we all know that Manmohan Desai's movies are completely devoid of logic but yet are entertaining and paisa wasool. Coolie is remembered for Amitabh's unfortunate accident which gave the movie a lot of publicity.

The movie is pretty entertaining,but would come after Amar Akbar Anthony,Naseeb,Suhaag and Parvarish among other Amitabh and Manmohan Desai movies.

The action and comedy scenes are good. Amitabh is excellent as usual, specially his introductory scene is awesome,Waheeda Rehman is pretty good,Kader Khan is alright,Rishi Kapoor does not has much to do,Rati Agnihotri looks beautiful and does a good job. Rest of the cast is just OK, but the guy who plays Amitabh's uncle ,a coolie himself who brings him up does a very good job.

Direction by Manmohan Desai is not at par with his previous work and there are certain parts in the second half of the movie where too many coincidences start taking place,and logic takes a complete backseat which is a bit much even for a Manmohan Desai film.

The music by Laxmikant Pyarelal is average and some songs come as a hindrance in the story narrative, with the song "saari duniya ka bojh" being the best one, which shows the problems faced by coolies in their day to day life

A DECENT AND ENJOYABLE ONE TIME WATCH mainly due to Amitabh's powerhouse performance as the macho coolie iqbal which is the primary reason that this movie became the biggest superhit of 1983.

Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

2 December 1983 (India)

Also Known As:

Porter

Filming Locations:

India

Company Credits

Production Co:

Aasia Films Pvt. Ltd., M.K.D. Films Combine

Technical Specs

Runtime:

177 min

Color:

Color