Sharaabi

Sharaabi
	Movie poster
Directed by	Prakash Mehra
Produced by	Satyendra Pal
Starring	Amitabh Bachchan; Jaya Prada; Pran; Om Prakash
Music by	Bappi Lahiri
Cinematography	N. Satyen
Edited by	J. Adhikari
Distributed by	Prakash Mehra Productions
Release date	18 May 1984; ; ; ; ;
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	?4.5 crore (equivalent to ?50 crore or US$7.5 million in 2017)
Box office	?7.6 crore (equivalent to ?85 crore or US$13 million in 2017)

Sharaabi (Hindi: ?????, English: Alcoholic) is a 1984 Indian Hindi drama film produced and directed by Prakash Mehra. This was Mehra's sixth film in a row with Amitabh Bachchan.

Sharaabi stars Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Prada with Pran and Om Prakash along with Bharat Bhushan and Ranjeet. The music was composed by Bappi Lahiri. It became a hit at the box office.

Sharaabi is one of the greatest performances ever by Amitabh Bachchan. His emotional and comical performance as an alcoholic is considered to have raised the bar for future generations of actors portraying alcoholics. One critic noted that "Amitabh Bachchan's superb role of a drunken character has been shown throughout the movie, he has also shown that a person intoxicated with alcohol can be funny, classy, romantic, and knows how to treat a lady right!"..

The film was remade in Kannada as Nee Thanda Kanike with Vishnuvardhan and Jayasudha.

Plot

Vicky Kapoor (Amitabh Bachchan), the only son of multi-millionaire industrialist, Amarnath (Pran), grows up to be an alcoholic, a spoilt brat but with a good heart. Amarnath has detached himself completely from Vicky's life and provides him money in lieu of affection and care, leaving this to be taken care of by Munshi Phoolchand (Om Prakash). Vicky is very resentful of being ignored by his dad in this unceremonious manner and leaves no stone unturned to mock and belittle him at every available opportunity. Amarnath hopes to get his son married, but Vicky loves Meena (Jaya Prada), the daughter of a poor blind man, which is not acceptable to Amarnath. One day, Amarnath decides he has had enough and decides to turn Vicky out of his house. He has him sign waivers and asks him to get out, which Vicky happily does. While Vicky is relieved of being freed from his dad's control, the question remains that with no skills at making a living, how is Vicky to survive in a cold-hearted world?

Cast

Amitabh Bachchan as Vicky Kapoor
Jaya Prada as Meena
Om Prakash as Munshi Phoolchand
Pran as Amarnath Kapoor
Bharat Bhushan as Masterji
Chandrashekhar as Advocate Saxena
C.S. Dubey as Father of prospective bride
Rajan Haksar
A.K. Hangal as Meena's Blind Father
Dinesh Hingoo as Neighbour calling police in the song "De De Pyar De"
Jankidas as Rustom Bandukwala
Pinchoo Kapoor as Father of prospective bride
Satyendra Kapoor as Govardhandas
Viju Khote as Mr. Nahata
Mayur as Bar waiter
Mukri as Natthulal
Suresh Oberoi as Abdul
Deepak Parashar as Inspector Anwar
Babbanlal Yadav as Drunkard in song "Jahan Chaar Yaar"
Smita Patil (Guest Appearance) in song "Jahan Chaar Yaar"
Ranjeet as Natwar
Gur Bachchan Singh as Ruffian #2
Sudhir as Ruffian #1
Vikas Anand as Lobo Office staff

Track listing

The music of this album is composed by Bappi Lahiri and regarded as one of his greatest works winning Filmfare Award for Best Music Director.. All the songs of the album were hits. The song 'Jab Chaar Yaar' is inspired from Runa Laila's Bengali song 'Bondhu Tindin'. Kishor Kumar won his 7th Film fare Award for Best Playback Singer Male. Kishor Kumar was only singer nominated for that year for 4 songs from this album, "De De Pyaar De", "Inteha Ho Gayi", "Log Kehte Hai" & won for the song "Manzilein Apni Jagah Hain" which is a record till date.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Mujhe Naulakha Mangaade"	Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle	10:56
2.	"Manzilein Apni Jagah"	Kishore Kumar	05:55
3.	"Jahaan Chaar Yaar"	Kishore Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan	06:36
4.	"De De Pyaar De - Female"	Asha Bhosle	04:29
5.	"De De Pyaar De - Male"	Kishore Kumar	05:48
6.	"Inteha Ho Gayi Intezaar Ki"	Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle	08:53
7.	"Log Kehte Hai Main Sharaabi Hoon"	Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle	07:53

Awards and nominations

Won

Filmfare Best Music Director Award-Bappi Lahiri
Filmfare Best Male Playback Award-Kishore Kumar for the song "Manzilein Apni Jaga"

Nominated

Filmfare Award for Best Film
Filmfare Award for Best Director-Prakash Mehra
Filmfare Award for Best Actor-Amitabh Bachchan
Filmfare Award for Best Actress-Jayaprada
Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer-Kishore Kumar for the song "De De Pyaar De"
Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer -Kishore Kumar for the song "Inteha Ho Gayi"
Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer-Kishore Kumar for the song "Log Kehte Hai"
Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist-Anjaan for the song "Manzilein Apni Jaga"
Filmfare Nomination for Best Lyricist-Anjaan and Prakash Mehra for the song "Inteha Ho Gayi"^[3]