| Sharaabi | |
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 Movie poster | |
| Directed by | Prakash Mehra |
| Produced by | Satyendra Pal |
| Starring | Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Prada Pran Om Prakash Deepak Parashar |
| Cinematography | N. Satyen |
| Edited by | J. Adhikari |
| Music by | Bappi Lahiri |
| Distributed by | Prakash Mehra Productions |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹4.5 crore (equivalent to ₹70 crore or US$8.4 million in 2023) |
| Box office | ₹7.6 crore (equivalent to ₹119 crore or US$14 million in 2023) |
Sharaabi (transl. Drunkard) is a 1984 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film produced and directed by Prakash Mehra. This was Mehra's sixth film with Amitabh Bachchan.
Sharaabi stars Bachchan and Jaya Prada, with Pran, Om Prakash and Ranjeet. The music was composed by Bappi Lahiri. It became a super hit at the box office.[1]
The film, which was loosely inspired by the 1981 movie Arthur, was remade in Kannada in 1985 as Nee Thanda Kanike.[2]
- ^ "Worth Their Weight In Gold! (80s) – Box Office India : India's premier film trade magazine". 4 November 2011. Archived from the original on 11 January 2016.
- ^ Srinivasan, Karthik (19 March 2019). "Amitabh Bachchan-Starrer Sharaabi Borrowed 2 Songs From Bangla Music And An All-Women American Vocal Group". Film Companion. Archived from the original on 1 June 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2019.