Namak Halaal

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Not to be confused with Namak Haraam.

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

Namak Halaal (Hindi: नमक हलाल) is a 1982 Hindi language comedy film, directed by Prakash Mehra. Music is by Bappi Lahiri and lyrics by Anjaan. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Smita Patil, Shashi Kapoor, Parveen Babi, Om Prakash, Waheeda Rehman, Ranjeet, Satyen Kappu, Suresh Oberoi and Ram Sethi. The film became a "Blockbuster" at the box office and went on to be a golden jubilee hit (which was common to all Bachchan films at that time).

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.

1 Synopsis
2 Cast
3 Soundtrack
4 External links

[edit] 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 these 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 not let any harm come to Raja. As these attempts are being made, can Arjun thwart them all?

[edit] Cast

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

[edit] Soundtrack

Namak Halaal
Original CD Cover
Soundtrack album to Namak Halaal by Bappi Lahiri
Released	1982
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Language	Hindi
Label	EMI Records

#	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Aaj Rapat Jaayen To"	Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle
2	"Pag Ghungroo Baandh"	Kishore Kumar
3	"Raat Baaqi Baat Baaqi"	Bappi Lahiri, Shashi Kapoor, Asha Bhosle
4	"Thodi Si Jo"	Kishore Kumar
5	"Jawani Jan E Man"	Asha Bhosle