Hum Paanch (transl. Us Five) is a 1980 Hindi language action film directed by Bapu and produced by Boney Kapoor. The film features a huge all-star cast including Sanjeev Kumar, Shabana Azmi, Mithun Chakraborty, Nasiruddin Shah, Raj Babbar, Gulshan Grover (in his film debut) and Amrish Puri.

Hum Paunch
Directed by	Bapu
Screenplay by	Mullapudi Venkata Ramana
Based on	Paduvaaralli Pandavaru by Puttana Kanagal
Produced by	Boney Kapoor Surinder Kapoor S. K. Films Enterprises
Starring	Mithun Chakraborty Sanjeev Kumar Shabana Azmi Nasiruddin Shah Raj Babbar Gulshan Grover Amrish Puri
Cinematography	Sharad Kadwe
Edited by	Kamlakar Karkhanis
Music by	Laxmikant–Pyarelal S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
Production companies	Essel Studios, Mumbai Mehboob Studios, Mumbai
Distributed by	Eros International Shemaroo Video Pvt. Ltd.
Release date	27 November 1980 (1980-11-27) (India)
Running time	180 mins
Country	India
Language	Hindi

The movie was Boney Kapoor's maiden venture as a producer. A young Anil Kapoor, who is producer Boney Kapoor's brother has a cameo appearance. This film is a remake of 1978 Kannada film Paduvaaralli Pandavaru, directed by Puttanna Kanagal which was also remade by Bapu earlier in Telugu as Mana Voori Pandavulu (1978). The film was distributed by noted distributor R. N. Mandre.[1] The movie was an adaptation of the Mahabharata, fit to a rural scenario with some hints to the various clashes between the Pandavas and the Kauravas and to the characters in the epic.[2]

Cast

• Sanjeev Kumar as Krishna
• Shabana Azmi as Sundariya
• Mithun Chakraborty as Bhima
• Deepti Naval as Lajiya
• Naseeruddin Shah as Suraj
• Raj Babbar as Arjun
• Gulshan Grover as Mahavir
• Uday Chandra as Swaroop
• Amrish Puri as Vir Pratap Singh
• Aruna Irani as Nishi
• Anil Kapoor as Aadesh
• A. K. Hangal as Pandit
• Geeta Siddharth as Vir Pratap's Sister
• Roopesh Kumar as Vijay
• Kanhaiyalal as Lala Nainsukh Prasad Srivastav
• Kalpana Iyer in song "Aiye Meherban"
• Leena Das in song "Aiye Meherban"
• Phiroza Cooper in song "Aiye Meherban"
• Sujata Bakshi in song "Aiye Meherban"

Crew

• Director – Bapu
• Story – S. R. Puttanna Kanagal
• Screenplay – Mullapudi Venkata Ramana
• Dialogue – Rahi Masoom Reza, Vinay Shukla
• Producer – Surinder Kapoor, Boney Kapoor
• Production Company – S. K. Films Enterprises
• Cinematographer – Sharad Kadwe
• Editor – Kamlakar Karkhanis
• Art Director – M. S. Shinde
• Costume Designer – Mrs. Kamal Bakshi, Prem Suri
• Action Director – Veeru Devgan
• Choreographer – Kamal Kumar
• Soundtrack – Polydor (now Universal Music India Limited)

Soundtrack

Box office

The film was a super hit and sixteenth highest-grossing movie of 1980.[3]

References

External links

• Hum Paanch at IMDb