Barood (1976 film)
| Barood | |
|---|---|
| File:Barood 1976 poster.jpg Poster | |
| Directed by | Pramod Chakravorty |
| Screenplay by | Sachin Bhowmick |
| Based on | The Summertime Killer by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi |
| Produced by | J.C. Bhagat H.S. Bhattacharya Jitu Thakar |
| Starring | Rishi Kapoor Reena Roy Shoma Anand Dharmendra Hema Malini Ashok Kumar |
| Cinematography | V.K. Murthy |
| Edited by | Narendra Arora |
| Music by | Sachin Dev Burman |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindustani[1] |
| Box office | est. ₹19.32 crore ($23.52 million) |
Barood (transl. Gunpowder) is a 1976 Indian Bollywood action crime film directed by Pramod Chakravorty, with screenplay by Sachin Bhowmick and dialogues by Ahsan Rizvi.[2] It stars Rishi Kapoor, Reena Roy and Shoma Anand in leading roles, with Dharmendra, Hema Malini and Ashok Kumar in supporting roles. The film was a commercial flop in India,[3] but went on to become an overseas blockbuster in the Soviet Union.[4]
Cast
- Rishi Kapoor as Anup D. "Pappu" Saxena[5]
- Reena Roy as Sapna, Bakshi's assistant
- Shoma Anand as Seema Bakshi
- Dharmendra as Anup's Land lord
- Hema Malini as Anup's Land lady
- Ashok Kumar as Balraj Gupta, Criminologist
- Ajit as Bakshi
- Prem Chopra as Prem, Bakshi's Madrid associate
- Madan Puri as B. Puri – Bakshi's New York associate
- Sujit Kumar as Ratan – Bakshi's Las Vegas Associate
- Asrani as Hari Ramchandani / Harry Ramani – Veterinary surgeon
Music
- "Dil Kaanto Mein Uljahaya Hai, Ek DushmanPe Pyar Aaya" – Lata Mangeshkar
- "Samundar Samundar Yaha Se Waha Tak Ye Maujo Ki" – Lata Mangeshkar
- "I Love You" – Asha Bhosle
- "Bada Hi Khubsurat Is Jagah Ka Har Nazara Hai" – Kishore Kumar
- "Tu Shaitano Ka Sardar Hai Sach Hai" – Shivangi Kolhapure, Mukesh
Production
It is claimed to be an uncredited remake of the 1972 Italian/Spanish/English film The Summertime Killer starring Christopher Mitchum and Olivia Hussey.[citation needed]
Box office
| Territory | Gross revenue | Adjusted gross (2016) | Footfalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic (India) |
₹2 crore[3] (US$2.27 million)[n 1] |
US$11 million (₹67 crore)[7] |
6.3 million[8] |
| Overseas (Soviet Union) |
15 million Rbls[n 2] (US$21.25 million)[n 3] (₹17.32 crore)[n 4] |
US$88 million (₹524 crore)[7] |
60 million[9] |
| Worldwide | ₹19.32 crore (US$23.52 million) |
₹591 crore (US$88 million) |
66.3 million |
At the domestic Indian box office in 1976, Barood grossed ₹2 crore, with a net income of ₹1 crore. While it was the 17th highest-grossing film in India that year, it was declared a commercial flop in the domestic Indian market.[3]
Despite its domestic failure an India, the film went on to become an overseas blockbuster in the Soviet Union, where it released in 1978 and topped the year's Soviet box office chart.[4] It drew a box office audience of 60 million Soviet viewers, the second highest for an Indian film in the 1970s (after the earlier Rishi Kapoor starrer Bobby) and the fifth highest for a foreign film that decade.[9] At the Soviet box office, it was the 13th biggest hit of the 1970s,[9][12] the fourth most successful Indian import of all time (after Awaara, Bobby and Disco Dancer), the ninth biggest foreign hit of all time,[12] and one of the top 30 biggest hits of all time.[9][12] It was among the highest-grossing films in the Soviet Union.[13]
See also
- List of highest-grossing Indian films
- List of highest-grossing Indian films in overseas markets
- List of Soviet films of the year by ticket sales
Notes
References
- ^ Raj, Ashok (2009). Hero Vol.1. Hay House. p. 30. ISBN 9789381398029.
- ^ Barood. Event occurs at 0:16.
- ^ a b c "Box Office 1976". www.boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ a b A Taste for Indian Films: Negotiating Cultural Boundaries in Post-Stalinist Soviet Society, page 170, Indiana University, 2005
- ^ "Rishi Kapoor". IMDb. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ a b "Reserve Bank of India – Publications".
- ^ a b "67.175856 INR per USD in 2016". Archived from the original on 13 July 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ Mittal, Ashok (1995). Cinema Industry in India: Pricing and Taxation. Indus Publishing. p. 71. ISBN 9788173870231.
- ^ a b c d e Sergey Kudryavtsev. "Зарубежные фильмы в советском кинопрокате".
- ^ Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War, page 48, Cornell University Press, 2011
- ^ Archive of Bank of Russia http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls
- ^ a b c Sergey Kudryavtsev. "Отечественные фильмы в советском кинопрокате".
- ^ With love from India to Russia[permanent dead link], Russia Beyond the Headlines, 22 October 2009
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