Shekhar Kapur on Sridevi’s scene in Mr India ( Photo Credit – IMDb; Instagram )
Before Shaktimaan, Krrish and G One from Ra One, there was Mr India – everyone’s favourite desi superhero. Directed by Shekhar Kapur, the film stars Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Amrish Puri, Annu Kapoor, Ramesh Deo, Ajit Vachani, Ashkor Kumar, Bob Christo, Satish Kaushik and many more. The 1987 movie is considered one of the best Hindi films of all time.
It’s a story about a man named Arun (Anil Kapoor) who looks after several orphan kids. One day, Arun comes across a watch that makes him invisible. That’s how he becomes Mr India and fights the bad guys in the movie. The story also includes Seema, played by Sridevi, who lives as a paying guest in Arun’s giant mansion. Arun and Seema’s love story also makes the plot entertaining.
Mr India is loved for many reasons: romance,...
Before Shaktimaan, Krrish and G One from Ra One, there was Mr India – everyone’s favourite desi superhero. Directed by Shekhar Kapur, the film stars Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Amrish Puri, Annu Kapoor, Ramesh Deo, Ajit Vachani, Ashkor Kumar, Bob Christo, Satish Kaushik and many more. The 1987 movie is considered one of the best Hindi films of all time.
It’s a story about a man named Arun (Anil Kapoor) who looks after several orphan kids. One day, Arun comes across a watch that makes him invisible. That’s how he becomes Mr India and fights the bad guys in the movie. The story also includes Seema, played by Sridevi, who lives as a paying guest in Arun’s giant mansion. Arun and Seema’s love story also makes the plot entertaining.
Mr India is loved for many reasons: romance,...
- 4/5/2024
- by Pooja Darade
- KoiMoi
What do you get when you put the master screenwriters of populist and allegoric masala films and the urbane and intellectual director of Masoom to combine their talents to create India’s most beloved superhero? Mr. India is the end product that transcends all masala boundaries to become the zaniest and looniest comedies of the 80s. Salim-Javed made sure that their last collaborative effort pulled out all the stops to become a classic. After 1942: A Love Story, Mr. India was the second most worn down VHS of my childhood with weekly screenings after school.
There is a wonderful anarchic spirit to this film with Arun Verma (Anil Kapoor) the sunny violinist whose sprawling house on Juhu Beach houses 12 orphans and a cook named Calendar (Satish Kaushik). Their household lives hand to mouth each month, when Arun’s cheery nature fails to placate the shop owners with his growing debts,...
There is a wonderful anarchic spirit to this film with Arun Verma (Anil Kapoor) the sunny violinist whose sprawling house on Juhu Beach houses 12 orphans and a cook named Calendar (Satish Kaushik). Their household lives hand to mouth each month, when Arun’s cheery nature fails to placate the shop owners with his growing debts,...
- 9/14/2013
- by Rumnique Nannar
- Bollyspice
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