Qurbani

Qurbani (1980)

Cabaret dancer and singer, Sheela has two admirers: small-time thief Rajesh and eligible young widower Amar. They are best friends and don't realize that they love the same woman. An enemy in the guise of Vikram Singh makes both men's lives miserable by exposing their realities to each other, turning their friendship upside-down.

Date of release
1980-06-19
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (13)
Runtime
2h 37m
Genres
Drama, Action, Crime
Director
Feroz Khan

Casting

Interesting facts

Qurbani (transl. Sacrifice) is a 1980 Indian Hindi-language musical romantic action thriller film produced, directed, co-written by and starring Feroz Khan. The film co-stars Vinod Khanna, Zeenat Aman, Amjad Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Aruna Irani, Amrish Puri and Kader Khan.

Production

The film had a production budget of ₹1.55 crore ($2 million). Filming began in 1979, and was one of the most expensive Indian films at the time. Feroz Khan's expenses included ₹23 lakh for a new camera, ₹5.3 lakh for several scenes (including a song sequence) on a large set (representing a Pathan's den), and ₹16,590 for an authentic silver sword.

To draw shock from the audience, a scene was included with the calculated decimation of a Mercedes-Benz in an underground parking lot. This was at a time when not many in India had seen a Mercedes, let alone sat in one.

UK stunts were designed and arranged by James Dowdall, photographed by Eric Van Herren and produced by Nick Farnes who, with James Dowdall, wrote the UK scenario.

Feroz Khan initially asked Amitabh Bachchan to play the role of Amar. Amitabh replied he would be available in 6 months, according to Feroz, but Feroz could not wait that long. So the role of Amar went to Vinod Khanna.

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