Insaaf (1987 film)

For the 1997 Akshay Kumar film, see Insaaf (1997 film).

Insaaf
Promotional Poster
Directed byMukul Anand
Written by
  • Madan Joshi
  • K.K. Shukla
Starring
Release date
  • 19 June 1987 (1987-06-19)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹14.5 million[1]
Box office₹75 million[1]

Insaaf (transl. Justice) is a 1987 Bollywood action film directed by Mukul Anand, starring Vinod Khanna, Dimple Kapadia and Suresh Oberoi.[2] The film was remade in Tamil as Chinnappadass with Sathyaraj. The film was the comeback film of Khanna after a hiatus.[3][4]

Cast

Soundtrack

Farooq Kaiser wrote the songs.

Track# Title Singer(s)
1 "Mai Hu Tu Hai" Alisha Chinai
2 "Nand Ka Lala Nand Gopal" Anuradha Paudwal
3 "Sulagti Hain Aankhen" (sad) Anuradha Paudwal
4 "Humsafar Milti Hai Manzil Thokare Khane Ke Baad" Anuradha Paudwal
5 "Sulgati Hai Aankhen" (duet) Anuradha Paudwal, Mohammed Aziz

Reception

The film was a commercial success.[5] Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema wrote of the film that it "created a fantasy world of sex, crime and sin despite its occasional references to the actual, widely reported death of a prostitute who ‘fell’ from a multi-storey block of flats belonging to a businessman suspected of criminal dealings."[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Insaaf 1987 Vs Insaaf 1997 Vs Shiva Ka Insaaf 1985 Movies Budget_Boxoffice Collections & Verdict". YouTube. 27 December 2019.
  2. ^ Screen international film and TV year book. Screen International, King Publications. 1992. ISBN 978-0-900925-21-4.
  3. ^ "When Vinod Khanna became Swami Vinod Bharti". The Tribune. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  4. ^ Kidwai, Rasheed (5 September 2018). Neta–Abhineta: Bollywood Star Power in Indian Politics. Hachette India. p. 280. ISBN 978-93-5009-803-5.
  5. ^ a b Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1999). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-135-94325-7.


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