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{{Short description|1980 Hindi language action film}}
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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name          = Hum Paunch
| name          = Hum Paanch
| image          = HumPaanch5.jpg
| image          = Hum Paanch (1980) film poster.jpeg
| caption        =  
| caption        =  
| director      = [[Bapu (artist)|Bapu]]
| director      = [[Bapu (director)|Bapu]]
| producer      = [[Boney Kapoor]]<br>[[Surinder Kapoor]]<br>S. K. Films Enterprises
| producer      = [[Boney Kapoor]]<br>[[Surinder Kapoor]]
| writer        =
| writer        =
| screenplay    = [[Mullapudi Venkata Ramana]]
| screenplay    = [[Mullapudi Venkata Ramana]]
| based_on         = [[Paduvaaralli Pandavaru]] by [[Puttana Kanagal]]
| based_on       = {{based on|[[Paduvaaralli Pandavaru]]|[[Puttana Kanagal]]}}
| narrator      =  
| narrator      =  
| starring      =[[Mithun Chakraborty]]<br>[[Sanjeev Kumar]]<br>[[Shabana Azmi]]<br>[[Naseeruddin Shah|Nasiruddin Shah]]<br>[[Raj Babbar]]<br>[[Gulshan Grover]]<br>[[Amrish Puri]]
| starring      = [[Sanjeev Kumar]]<br>[[Shabana Azmi]]<br>[[Mithun Chakraborty]]<br> [[Deepti Naval]]<br>[[Naseeruddin Shah]]<br>[[Raj Babbar]]<br>Uday Chandra<br>[[Gulshan Grover]]<br>[[Amrish Puri]]
| music          = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]<br>[[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
| music          = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
| cinematography = Sharad Kadwe
| cinematography = Sharad Kadwe
| editing        = Kamlakar Karkhanis
| editing        = Kamlakar Karkhanis
| studio        = Essel Studios, Mumbai<br>Mehboob Studios, Mumbai
| studio        = S. K. Films Enterprises
| distributor    = Eros International<br>Shemaroo Video Pvt. Ltd.
| distributor    =  
| released      = {{Film date|df=yes|1980|11|27|[[India]]}}
| released      = {{Film date|df=yes|1980|12|19}}
| runtime        = 180 mins
| runtime        = 180 mins
| country        = India
| country        = India
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'''''Hum Paanch''''' (English: ''We Five'') is a [[Bollywood films of 1980|1980]] [[Hindi language]] [[action film]] directed by [[Bapu (artist)|Bapu]] and produced by [[Boney Kapoor]]. The film features a huge all-star cast including [[Sanjeev Kumar (actor)|Sanjeev Kumar]], [[Shabana Azmi]], [[Mithun Chakraborty]], [[Naseeruddin Shah|Nasiruddin Shah]], [[Raj Babbar]], [[Gulshan Grover]] (in his film debut) and [[Amrish Puri]].
'''''Hum Paanch''''' ({{translation}} ''Us Five'') is a 1980 [[Hindi language]] [[action film]] directed by [[Bapu (director)|Bapu]] and produced by [[Boney Kapoor]]. The film features an all-star cast including [[Sanjeev Kumar (actor)|Sanjeev Kumar]], [[Shabana Azmi]], [[Mithun Chakraborty]], [[Deepti Naval]], [[Naseeruddin Shah]], [[Raj Babbar]], Uday Chandra, [[Gulshan Grover]] (in his film debut) and [[Amrish Puri]]. The film was a surprise and big hit at the box office, and the 7th highest-grossing Hindi Film at the domestic box office of the year 1980.


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 renowned director [[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. .<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080901/|title=Hum Paanch (1980)|publisher=IMDb}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flixster.com/movie/hum-paanch|title=Hum Paanch (1980)|publisher=Flixster}}</ref>
The movie was [[Boney Kapoor]]'s maiden venture as a producer. A young [[Anil Kapoor]], who is 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).<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-08-11 |title=Boney Kapoor: Hum Paanch made Amrish Puri a star |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/boney-kapoor-hum-paanch-made-amrish-puri-a-star/articleshow/48433974.cms |access-date=2023-11-06 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>


==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Mithun Chakraborty]] <small>as</small> Bhima
*[[Sanjeev Kumar]] as Krishna
*[[Sanjeev Kumar]] <small>as</small> Krishna
*[[Shabana Azmi]] as Sundariya
*[[Shabana Azmi]] <small>as</small> Sundariya
*[[Mithun Chakraborty]] as Bheema
*[[Naseeruddin Shah]] <small>as</small> Suraj
*[[Deepti Naval]] as Lajiya "Lajjo"
*[[Anil Kapoor]]
*[[Naseeruddin Shah]] as Suraj
*[[Raj Babbar]] <small>as</small> Arjun
*[[Raj Babbar]] as Arjun
*[[Deepti Naval]] <small>as</small> Lajiya
*Uday Chandra as Swaroop
*[[Gulshan Grover]] <small>as</small> Mahavir
*[[Gulshan Grover]] as Mahaveer
*[[Amrish Puri]] <small>as</small> Vir Pratap Singh
*[[Aruna Irani]] as Nishi
*[[Aruna Irani]] <small>as</small> Nishi
*[[Amrish Puri]] as Thakur Veer Pratap Singh
*[[A. K. Hangal]] <small>as</small> Pandit
*[[Anil Kapoor]] as Aadesh
*[[Geeta Siddharth]] <small>as</small> Vir Pratap's Sister
*[[A. K. Hangal]] as Pandit
*Uday Chandra <small>as</small> Swaroop
*[[Geeta Siddharth]] as Veer Pratap's Sister
*[[Roopesh Kumar]] <small>as</small> Vijay
*[[Roopesh Kumar]] as Vijay
*[[C. S. Dubey]]
*[[Kanhaiyalal (actor)|Kanhaiyalal]] as Lala Nainsukh Prasad Shrivastav
*[[Dulari (actress)|Dulari]]
*[[Kalpana Iyer]] in song "Aaiye Meherban"
*Jugal Kishore
*Leena Das in song "Aaiye Meherban"
*[[Sunitha (actress)|Sunitha]]
*Phiroza Cooper in song "Aaiye Meherban"
*Sunder
*Sujata Bakshi in song "Aaiye Meherban"
*[[Kanhaiyalal (actor)|Kanhaiyalal]] <small>as</small> Lala Nainsukh Prasad Srivastav
*[[Kalpana Iyer]] <small>as</small> Cameo, in song "Aiye Meherban"
*Leena Das <small>as</small> Cameo, in song "Aiye Meherban"
*Phiroza Cooper <small>as</small> Cameo, in song "Aiye Meherban"
*Sujata Bakshi <small>as</small> Cameo, in song "Aiye Meherban"
 
==Crew==
*''Director'' &ndash; [[Bapu (artist)|Bapu]]
*''Story'' &ndash; [[Puttanna Kanagal|S. R. Puttanna Kanagal]]
*''Screenplay'' &ndash; [[Mullapudi Venkata Ramana]]
*''Dialogue'' &ndash; [[Rahi Masoom Reza]], [[Vinay Shukla]]
*''Producer'' &ndash; [[Surinder Kapoor]], [[Boney Kapoor]]
*''Production Company'' &ndash; S. K. Films Enterprises
*''Cinematographer'' &ndash; Sharad Kadwe
*''Editor'' &ndash; Kamlakar Karkhanis
*''Art Director'' &ndash; M. S. Shinde
*''Costume Designer'' &ndash; Mrs. Kamal Bakshi, Prem Suri
*''Action Director'' &ndash; [[Veeru Devgan]]
*''Choreographer'' &ndash; Kamal Kumar
*''Soundtrack'' &ndash; [[Polydor]] (now [[Universal Music Group|Universal Music India Limited]])


==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==
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| all_writing    =
| all_lyrics      = [[Anand Bakshi]]
| all_lyrics      = [[Anand Bakshi]]
| all_music      = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]], [[S. P. Balasubramaniam]]
| all_music      = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
| writing_credits =
| writing_credits =
| lyrics_credits  =
| lyrics_credits  =
| music_credits  =
| music_credits  =


| title1 = Hum Paanch Pandav
| title5 = Hum Paanch Pandav
| extra1 = [[Shailendra Singh (singer)|Shailendra Singh]], [[Amit Kumar (singer)|Amit Kumar]], [[Anwar (singer)|Anwar]], [[Suresh Wadkar|Suresh Wadekar]]
| extra5 = [[Shailendra Singh (singer)|Shailendra Singh]], [[Amit Kumar (singer)|Amit Kumar]], [[Anwar (singer)|Anwar]], [[Suresh Wadkar|Suresh Wadekar]]
| length1 = 4:49
| length5 = 4:49
| title2  = Ka Jaanu Main
| title2  = Ka Jaanu Main
| extra2  = Amit Kumar, [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
| extra2  = Amit Kumar, [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
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| extra4  = Mohammad Rafi
| extra4  = Mohammad Rafi
| length4 = 1:43
| length4 = 1:43
| title5 = Aati Hai Palki
| title1 = Aati Hai Palki
| extra5 = [[Mahendra Kapoor]], [[Kishore Kumar]]
| extra1 = [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Mahendra Kapoor]]
| length5 = 6:21
| length1 = 6:21
| title6  = Aaiye Meharban
| title6  = Aaiye Meharban
| extra6  = [[Usha Uthup]]
| extra6  = [[Usha Uthup]]
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| length8 = 1:45
| length8 = 1:45
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==Box office==
The film was a super hit and sixteenth highest-grossing movie of 1980.<ref>https://m.imdb.com/list/ls000028835/</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:1980 Hindi-language films]]
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[[Category:Films based on the Mahabharata]]
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Latest revision as of 05:26, 4 March 2026


Hum Paanch
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Directed byBapu
Produced byBoney Kapoor
Surinder Kapoor
Screenplay byMullapudi Venkata Ramana
Based onPaduvaaralli Pandavaru
by Puttana Kanagal
StarringSanjeev Kumar
Shabana Azmi
Mithun Chakraborty
Deepti Naval
Naseeruddin Shah
Raj Babbar
Uday Chandra
Gulshan Grover
Amrish Puri
Music byLaxmikant–Pyarelal
CinematographySharad Kadwe
Edited byKamlakar Karkhanis
Production
company
S. K. Films Enterprises
Release date
  • 19 December 1980 (1980-12-19)
Running time
180 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Hum Paanch (transl. Us Five) is a 1980 Hindi language action film directed by Bapu and produced by Boney Kapoor. The film features an all-star cast including Sanjeev Kumar, Shabana Azmi, Mithun Chakraborty, Deepti Naval, Naseeruddin Shah, Raj Babbar, Uday Chandra, Gulshan Grover (in his film debut) and Amrish Puri. The film was a surprise and big hit at the box office, and the 7th highest-grossing Hindi Film at the domestic box office of the year 1980.

The movie was Boney Kapoor's maiden venture as a producer. A young Anil Kapoor, who is 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).[1]

Cast[edit | edit source]

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

All lyrics are written by Anand Bakshi; all music is composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal.

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Aati Hai Palki"Kishore Kumar, Mahendra Kapoor6:21
2."Ka Jaanu Main"Amit Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar5:15
3."Kya Kahiye Bhagwan Se"Mohammad Rafi2:31
4."Aapno Se Munh Mod Ke"Mohammad Rafi1:43
5."Hum Paanch Pandav"Shailendra Singh, Amit Kumar, Anwar, Suresh Wadekar4:49
6."Aaiye Meharban"Usha Uthup5:36
7."Dheere Chal Zara"Mohammad Rafi5:11
8."Ye Soye Insaan"Mohammad Rafi1:45

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Boney Kapoor: Hum Paanch made Amrish Puri a star". The Times of India. 11 August 2015. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 6 November 2023.

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