Namak Halaal

Namak Halaal
Film poster
Directed by	Prakash Mehra
Produced by	Satyendra Pal
Starring	Amitabh Bachchan Parveen Babi Shashi Kapoor Smita Patil Om Prakash Waheeda Rehman
Music by	Bappi Lahiri
Release date(s)	1982
Running time	164 mins
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Namak Halaal is a 1982 Hindi movie. The movie is directed by Prakash Mehra. Music is by Bappi Lahiri and lyrics by Anjaan. This an Action packed Comedy film that stars Amitabh Bachchan, Waheeda Rehman, Om Prakash, Shashi Kapoor, Smita Patil, Parveen Babi, Ranjeet, Satyen Kappu, Suresh Oberoi and Ram Sethi.

It was remade in Tamil as Velaikaran by veteran director S.P. Muthuraman in 1986 with Rajnikanth and Sarath Babu in Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor's role respectively and was a huge hit.

Synopsis

Young Arjun (Amitabh Bachchan) is brought up by his Daddu (paternal grandfather) (Om Prakash). 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 (Ram P. Sethi) who guides him into an interview in a 5-star hotel owned by Raja (Shashi Kapoor).

While in the hotel, Arjun meets Poonam (Smita Patil) and falls in love with her. During this time, many attempts are made to kill Raja by Girdar Singh (Satyendra Kapoor) and his son Ranjeet. The blame for this murders goes to Raja's mother (Waheeda Rehman), who is actually Arjun's mother. Realising all this Arjun takes an oath no matter what happens he will let any harm come to Raja. As these attempts are being made, can Arjun thwart them all?

Cast

• Amitabh Bachchan....Arjun Singh
• Shashi Kapoor .... Raja Singh
• Parveen Babi.... Nisha
• Smita Patil ... Poonam
• Waheeda Rehman ....Arjun's mother
• Satyen Kappu .... Girdhar Singh
• Om Prakash .... Arjun's grandfather
• Ranjeet.....Manager
• Viju Khote.....Talvar Sing
• Ram Sethi....Bhairon

External links

• Namak Halaal at the Internet Movie Database

Ranjeet .....Manager