Razia Sultan (film)

This article is about the film. For the monarch, see Razia Sultana. For the 2015 television series, see Razia Sultan (serial).

Razia Sultan
Directed byKamal Amrohi
Written byKamal Amrohi
Produced byA.K. Misra
StarringHema Malini
Dharmendra
Parveen Babi
CinematographyR. D. Mathur
Edited byB. S. Glaad
Music byKhayyam
Kaifi Azmi (lyrics)
Release date
  • 16 September 1983 (1983-09-16)
Language Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu )[1]
Budget₹7–10 crore[2]
Box office₹2 crore[2]

Razia Sultan is a 1983 Indian period biographical film, written and directed by Kamal Amrohi, and starring Hema Malini, Parveen Babi and Dharmendra in lead roles. Upon release, it was a box office disaster, mainly due to its high production value.[3][1] It was the most expensive Indian film made until then.

N.B. Kulkarni won the Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction, the only win for the film. Khayyam received a Filmfare nomination for Best Music Director. Lyrics were by Jan Nisar Akhtar and two songs picturized on Dharmendra as Yakut Jamaluddin, Abyssinian slave by Nida Fazli; one song by Kaifi Azmi; both walked into the project when Akhtar died. Some songs were sung by Lata Mangeshkar, including "Aye Dil-e Nadaan". Kamal Amrohi shot some scenes of Razia Sultan in Tonk between 1981-82.

  1. ^ a b "Razia Sultan (1983 film)". Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b Jha, Lata (28 September 2015). "Ten big-budget Bollywood box-office disasters". Mint (newspaper). Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  3. ^ Nandini Ramnath (6 November 2017). "Picture the song: Is that really a lesbian moment in 'Khwab Bankar Koi Aayega' from 'Razia Sultan'?". scroll.in website. Retrieved 10 October 2023.