Namak Halaal

Namak Halaal (1982)

नमक हलाल

Young Arjun is brought up by his Daddu (paternal grandfather). His Daddu decides for him to go to the city in search of a new job and life. While in the city he meets up with Bhairon who guides him into an interview in a 5-star hotel owned by Raja.

Date of release
1982-04-30
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (30)
Runtime
2h 59m
Genres
Action, Comedy, Mystery
Director
Prakash Mehra

Casting

Interesting facts

Namak Halaal is a 1982 Indian Hindi-language masala film, directed by Prakash Mehra and written by Kader Khan. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Smita Patil, Parveen Babi and Waheeda Rehman.

Production

Mehra originally considered Rajesh Khanna for the role of Raja Singh, because Khanna and Bachchan starred in Namak Haraam a decade earlier, and it would be poetic justice to reverse roles in Namak Halaal. Complications led Mehra to next consider Raj Babbar for the role, which eventually went to Shashi Kapoor.

Bachchan portrays the protagonist Arjun Singh, who was influenced by the character Hrundi Bakshi, the protagonist of the 1968 Hollywood film The Party; Hrundi Bakshi is an Indian character portrayed by British comedian Peter Sellers.

Smita Patil was initially reluctant to film an intimate song "Aaj rapat jaye" in rain, She agreed after a lot of personal persuasion from co-actor Amitabh.

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