| Namak Halaal | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Prakash Mehra |
| Written by | Surendra Kaul (story) Laxmikant Sharma (screenplay) Kader Khan (dialogue) |
| Produced by | Satyendra Pal |
| Starring | Shashi Kapoor Amitabh Bachchan Smita Patil Parveen Babi |
| Cinematography | N. Satyen |
| Edited by | Jayant Adhikari |
| Music by | Bappi Lahiri |
| Distributed by | Chaudary Enterprises Prakash Mehra Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 172 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | ₹120 million[1] ($12.69 million)[2] |
Namak Halaal (transl. Loyal Servant) is a 1982 Indian Bollywood-language masala film, directed by Prakash Mehra and written by Kader Khan. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Smita Patil, Parveen Babi and Waheeda Rehman.
The film went on to be the third highest-grossing Indian film of 1982, grossing ₹120 million (US$12.64 million).[1] It is the biggest comedy blockbuster of all time in India, where it sold more than 20 million tickets, with an inflation-adjusted net income equivalent to nearly ₹3 billion (US$36 million) as of 2019[update].[3] It was remade in Telugu as Bhale Ramudu (1984) and in Tamil as Velaikaran (1987). The song "Raat Baaki" has been recreated by Tanishk Bagchi for the movie Ittefaq. The movie is most famous for the dialogue 'I can talk English, I can walk English, I can laugh English because English is a very phunny language.'
- ^ a b "Box Office 1982". Box Office India. 5 October 2013. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)". World Bank. 1982. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Top Comedy Nett Grossers - Housefull 4 Tops". boxofficeindia.com. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.