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{{Infobox film
| name          = Barood
| name          = Barood
| image          =  
| image          = Barood 1976 poster.jpg
| image_size    =
| caption        = Poster
| border        =
| alt            =
| caption        =  
| director      = [[Pramod Chakravorty]]
| director      = [[Pramod Chakravorty]]
| producer      = J.C. Bhagat<br/>H.S. Bhattacharya<br/>Jitu Thakar
| producer      = J.C. Bhagat<br />H.S. Bhattacharya<br />Jitu Thakar
| writer        = Ahsan Rizvi
| screenplay    = [[Sachin Bhowmick]]
| screenplay    = [[Sachin Bhowmick]]
| story          = Sachin Bhowmick
| based_on      = {{based on|''[[The Summertime Killer]]''|[[Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi]]}}
| based_on      ={{based on|''[[The Summertime Killer]]''|[[Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi]]}}  
| starring      = [[Rishi Kapoor]]<br />[[Reena Roy]]<br />[[Shoma Anand]]<br />[[Dharmendra]]<br />[[Hema Malini]]<br />[[Ashok Kumar]]
| narrator      =
| starring      = [[Rishi Kapoor]]<br/>[[Reena Roy]]<br/>[[Shoma Anand]]<br/>[[Ashok Kumar]]
| music          = [[Sachin Dev Burman]]
| music          = [[Sachin Dev Burman]]
| cinematography = V.K. Murthy
| cinematography = V.K. Murthy
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'''''Barood''''' is a [[Bollywood films of 1976|1976]] [[India]]n [[Bollywood]] [[action film|action]] [[crime film]], directed by [[Pramod Chakravorty]], with screenplay by [[Sachin Bhowmick]] and dialogues by Ahsan Rizvi.<ref>{{cite AV media | title = Barood | location = 0:16}}</ref> It stars [[Rishi Kapoor]] and [[Reena Roy]]. The film was a commercial flop in [[India]],<ref name="boi76"/> but went on to become an [[List of highest-grossing Indian films in overseas markets|overseas blockbuster]] in [[List of Soviet films of the year by ticket sales|the Soviet Union]].<ref name="taste"/>
'''''Barood''''' ({{trans|Gunpowder}}) is a 1976 Indian [[Bollywood]] [[action crime film]] directed by [[Pramod Chakravorty]], with screenplay by [[Sachin Bhowmick]] and dialogues by Ahsan Rizvi.<ref>{{cite AV media | title = Barood | time = 0:16}}</ref> It stars [[Rishi Kapoor]], [[Reena Roy]] and [[Shoma Anand]] in leading roles, with [[Dharmendra]], [[Hema Malini]] and [[Ashok Kumar]] in supporting roles. The film was a commercial flop in [[India]],<ref name="boi76"/> but went on to become an [[List of highest-grossing Indian films in overseas markets|overseas blockbuster]] in [[List of Soviet films of the year by ticket sales|the Soviet Union]].<ref name="taste"/>
 
It is an uncredited remake of the 1972 Spanish/English film [[The Summertime Killer]] starring [[Christopher Mitchum]] and [[Olivia Hussey]].


==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Rishi Kapoor]] as Anup D. "Pappu" Saxena<ref>{{Cite web|title = Rishi Kapoor|url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0438501/|website = IMDb|accessdate = 2015-11-09}}</ref>
* [[Rishi Kapoor]] as Anup D. "Pappu" Saxena<ref>{{Cite web|title = Rishi Kapoor|url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0438501/|website = IMDb|accessdate = 2015-11-09}}</ref>
*[[Dharmendra]] as Anup's Land lord (Special Appearance)
*[[Hema Malini]] as Anup's Land lady (Special Appearance)
* [[Reena Roy]] as Sapna, Bakshi's assistant  
* [[Reena Roy]] as Sapna, Bakshi's assistant  
* [[Shoma Anand]] as Seema Bakshi
* [[Dharmendra]] as Anup's Land lord
* [[Hema Malini]] as Anup's Land lady
* [[Ashok Kumar]] as Balraj Gupta, Criminologist
* [[Ashok Kumar]] as Balraj Gupta, Criminologist
* [[Shoma Anand]] as Seema Bakshi
* Ajit as Bakshi
* Ajit as Bakshi
* [[Prem Chopra]] as Prem, Bakshi's Madrid associate
* [[Prem Chopra]] as Prem, Bakshi's Madrid associate
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#"Bada Hi Khubsurat Is Jagah Ka Har Nazara Hai" - [[Kishore Kumar]]
#"Bada Hi Khubsurat Is Jagah Ka Har Nazara Hai" - [[Kishore Kumar]]
#"Tu Shaitano Ka Sardar Hai Sach Hai" - Shivangi Kolhapure, [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]]
#"Tu Shaitano Ka Sardar Hai Sach Hai" - Shivangi Kolhapure, [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]]
==Production==
It is claimed to be an uncredited remake of the 1972 Italian/Spanish/English film ''[[The Summertime Killer]]'' starring [[Christopher Mitchum]] and [[Olivia Hussey]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}


==Box office==
==Box office==
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! Territory
! Territory
! Gross revenue
! Gross revenue
! Adjusted gross
! Adjusted gross (2016)
! Footfalls
! Footfalls
|-
|-
| Domestic <br> ([[India]])
| Domestic <br /> ([[India]])
| [[Indian rupee|{{INR}}]]2{{nbsp}}[[crore]]<ref name="boi76"/> <br> ([[US$]]2.27{{nbsp}}million){{#tag:ref|8.804 [[Indian rupee]]s per [[US dollar]] in 1976<ref name="rbi">https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/PublicationsView.aspx?id=15268</ref>|group=n}}
| [[Indian rupee|{{INR}}]]2{{nbsp}}[[crore]]<ref name="boi76"/> <br /> ([[US$]]2.27{{nbsp}}million){{#tag:ref|8.804 [[Indian rupee]]s per [[US dollar]] in 1976<ref name="rbi">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/PublicationsView.aspx?id=15268|title = Reserve Bank of India - Publications}}</ref>|group=n}}
| US${{Inflation|US|2.27|1976}}{{nbsp}}million <br> ({{INR}}67{{nbsp}}crore)<ref name="exchange16">{{Cite web |url=https://www.ofx.com/en-gb/forex-news/historical-exchange-rates/yearly-average-rates/ |title=67.175856 INR per USD in 2016 |access-date=2 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713183556/https://www.ofx.com/en-gb/forex-news/historical-exchange-rates/yearly-average-rates/ |archive-date=13 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| US${{Inflation|US|2.27|1976}}{{nbsp}}million <br /> ({{INR}}67{{nbsp}}crore)<ref name="exchange16">{{Cite web |url=https://www.ofx.com/en-gb/forex-news/historical-exchange-rates/yearly-average-rates/ |title=67.175856 INR per USD in 2016 |access-date=2 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713183556/https://www.ofx.com/en-gb/forex-news/historical-exchange-rates/yearly-average-rates/ |archive-date=13 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| {{#expr:20/3.16 round 1}}{{nbsp}}million<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mittal |first1=Ashok |title=Cinema Industry in India: Pricing and Taxation |date=1995 |publisher=Indus Publishing |isbn=9788173870231 |page=71 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RJVodLc6NgoC&pg=PA71}}</ref>
| {{#expr:20/3.16 round 1}}{{nbsp}}million<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mittal |first1=Ashok |title=Cinema Industry in India: Pricing and Taxation |date=1995 |publisher=Indus Publishing |isbn=9788173870231 |page=71 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RJVodLc6NgoC&pg=PA71}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[List of highest-grossing Indian films in overseas markets|Overseas]] <br> [[List of Soviet films of the year by ticket sales|(Soviet Union)]]
| [[List of highest-grossing Indian films in overseas markets|Overseas]] <br /> [[List of Soviet films of the year by ticket sales|(Soviet Union)]]
| 15{{nbsp}}million [[Soviet ruble|SUR]]{{#tag:ref|60 million tickets sold,<ref name="soviet-foreign"/> average ticket price of 25 [[Soviet ruble|kopecks]]<ref>[https://is.muni.cz/el/1421/podzim2015/FAV291/um/Roth-Ey-Moscow_Prime_Time.pdf#page=7 ''Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War'', page 48], [[Cornell University Press]], 2011</ref>|group=n}} <br> (US$21.25{{nbsp}}million){{#tag:ref|0.706 [[Soviet ruble]]s per US dollar in 1978<ref>Archive of Bank of Russia http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls</ref>|group=n|name=RubleUSD}} <br> ({{INR}}17.32{{nbsp}}crore){{#tag:ref|8.15 Indian rupees per US dollar in 1978<ref name="rbi"/>|group=n}}
| 15{{nbsp}}million [[Soviet ruble|SUR]]{{#tag:ref|60 million tickets sold,<ref name="soviet-foreign"/> average ticket price of 25 [[Soviet ruble|kopecks]]<ref>[https://is.muni.cz/el/1421/podzim2015/FAV291/um/Roth-Ey-Moscow_Prime_Time.pdf#page=7 ''Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War'', page 48], [[Cornell University Press]], 2011</ref>|group=n}} <br /> (US$21.25{{nbsp}}million){{#tag:ref|0.706 [[Soviet ruble]]s per US dollar in 1978<ref>Archive of Bank of Russia http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls</ref>|group=n|name=RubleUSD}} <br /> ({{INR}}17.32{{nbsp}}crore){{#tag:ref|8.15 Indian rupees per US dollar in 1978<ref name="rbi"/>|group=n}}
| US${{Inflation|US|21.25|1978}}{{nbsp}}million <br> ({{INR}}524{{nbsp}}crore)<ref name="exchange16"/>
| US${{Inflation|US|21.25|1978}}{{nbsp}}million <br /> ({{INR}}524{{nbsp}}crore)<ref name="exchange16"/>
| 60{{nbsp}}million<ref name="soviet-foreign"/>
| 60{{nbsp}}million<ref name="soviet-foreign"/>
|-
|-
! [[List of highest-grossing Indian films|Worldwide]]
! [[List of highest-grossing Indian films|Worldwide]]
! {{INR}}{{#expr:2+17.32}}{{nbsp}}crore <br> (US${{#expr:2.27+21.25}}{{nbsp}}million)
! {{INR}}{{#expr:2+17.32}}{{nbsp}}crore <br /> (US${{#expr:2.27+21.25}}{{nbsp}}million)
! [[100 Crore Club|{{INR}}{{#expr:67+524}}{{nbsp}}crore]] <br> (US${{#expr:10+78}}{{nbsp}}million)
! [[100 Crore Club|{{INR}}{{#expr:67+524}}{{nbsp}}crore]] <br /> (US${{#expr:10+78}}{{nbsp}}million)
! {{#expr:6.3+60}}{{nbsp}}million
! {{#expr:6.3+60}}{{nbsp}}million
|}
|}


At the domestic Indian box office in 1976, ''Barood'' [[Gross revenue|grossed]] [[Indian rupee|{{INR}}]]2 [[crore]], with a [[net income]] of {{INR}}1 crore. While it was the 17th [[List of highest-grossing Indian films|highest-grossing film in India]] that year, it was declared a commercial flop in the domestic Indian market.<ref name="boi76">https://web.archive.org/web/20131020100250/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=182&catName=MTk3Ng%3D%3D</ref>
At the domestic Indian box office in 1976, ''Barood'' [[Gross revenue|grossed]] [[Indian rupee|{{INR}}]]2 [[crore]], with a [[net income]] of {{INR}}1 crore. While it was the 17th [[List of highest-grossing Indian films|highest-grossing film in India]] that year, it was declared a commercial flop in the domestic Indian market.<ref name="boi76">{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=182&catName=MTk3Ng%3D%3D |title=Box Office 1976 |website=www.boxofficeindia.com |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020100250/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=182&catName=MTk3Ng%3D%3D |archive-date=20 October 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>


Despite its domestic failure an India, the film went on to become an [[List of highest-grossing Indian films in overseas markets|overseas blockbuster]] in the [[Soviet Union]], where it released in 1978 and topped the year's [[List of Soviet films of the year by ticket sales|Soviet box office chart]].<ref name="taste">[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-FceAQAAMAAJ A Taste for Indian Films: Negotiating Cultural Boundaries in Post-Stalinist Soviet Society], page 170, [[Indiana University]], 2005</ref> It drew a box office audience of 60 million Soviet viewers, the second highest for an Indian film in the 1970s (after the earlier Rishi Kapoor starrer ''[[Bobby (1973 film)|Bobby]]'') and the fifth highest for a foreign film that decade.<ref name="soviet-foreign">{{cite web|url=http://kinanet.livejournal.com/13882.html|title=Зарубежные фильмы в советском кинопрокате|author=Sergey Kudryavtsev|author-link=Sergey Kudryavtsev (film critic)}}</ref> At the Soviet box office, it was the 13th biggest hit of the 1970s,<ref name="soviet-foreign"/><ref name="soviet-domestic">{{cite web|url=http://kinanet.livejournal.com/14172.html|title=Отечественные фильмы в советском кинопрокате|author=Sergey Kudryavtsev|author-link=Sergey Kudryavtsev (film critic)}}</ref> the fourth most successful Indian import of all time (after ''[[Awaara]]'', ''Bobby'' and ''[[Disco Dancer]]''), the ninth biggest foreign hit of all time,<ref name="soviet-domestic"/> and one of the top 30 biggest hits of all time.<ref name="soviet-foreign"/><ref name="soviet-domestic"/> It was among the highest-grossing films in the Soviet Union.<ref>[https://www.rbth.com/amp/495699 With love from India to Russia]{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[Russia Beyond the Headlines]]'', 22 October 2009</ref>
Despite its domestic failure an India, the film went on to become an [[List of highest-grossing Indian films in overseas markets|overseas blockbuster]] in the [[Soviet Union]], where it released in 1978 and topped the year's [[List of Soviet films of the year by ticket sales|Soviet box office chart]].<ref name="taste">[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-FceAQAAMAAJ A Taste for Indian Films: Negotiating Cultural Boundaries in Post-Stalinist Soviet Society], page 170, [[Indiana University]], 2005</ref> It drew a box office audience of 60 million Soviet viewers, the second highest for an Indian film in the 1970s (after the earlier Rishi Kapoor starrer ''[[Bobby (1973 film)|Bobby]]'') and the fifth highest for a foreign film that decade.<ref name="soviet-foreign">{{cite web|url=http://kinanet.livejournal.com/13882.html|title=Зарубежные фильмы в советском кинопрокате|author=Sergey Kudryavtsev|author-link=Sergey Kudryavtsev (film critic)}}</ref> At the Soviet box office, it was the 13th biggest hit of the 1970s,<ref name="soviet-foreign"/><ref name="soviet-domestic">{{cite web|url=http://kinanet.livejournal.com/14172.html|title=Отечественные фильмы в советском кинопрокате|author=Sergey Kudryavtsev|author-link=Sergey Kudryavtsev (film critic)}}</ref> the fourth most successful Indian import of all time (after ''[[Awaara]]'', ''Bobby'' and ''[[Disco Dancer]]''), the ninth biggest foreign hit of all time,<ref name="soviet-domestic"/> and one of the top 30 biggest hits of all time.<ref name="soviet-foreign"/><ref name="soviet-domestic"/> It was among the highest-grossing films in the Soviet Union.<ref>[https://www.rbth.com/amp/495699 With love from India to Russia]{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[Russia Beyond the Headlines]]'', 22 October 2009</ref>
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0157358}}
*{{IMDb title|id=0157358}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH-aVZB6Lvo Barood 1976 [[YouTube]]]


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Barood
Poster
Directed byPramod Chakravorty
Produced byJ.C. Bhagat
H.S. Bhattacharya
Jitu Thakar
Screenplay bySachin Bhowmick
Based onThe Summertime Killer
by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi
StarringRishi Kapoor
Reena Roy
Shoma Anand
Dharmendra
Hema Malini
Ashok Kumar
Music bySachin Dev Burman
CinematographyV.K. Murthy
Edited byNarendra Arora
Release date
  • 2 April 1976 (1976-04-02)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindustani[1]
Box officeest. ₹19.32 crore ($23.52 million)

Barood (transl. Gunpowder) is a 1976 Indian Bollywood action crime film directed by Pramod Chakravorty, with screenplay by Sachin Bhowmick and dialogues by Ahsan Rizvi.[2] It stars Rishi Kapoor, Reena Roy and Shoma Anand in leading roles, with Dharmendra, Hema Malini and Ashok Kumar in supporting roles. The film was a commercial flop in India,[3] but went on to become an overseas blockbuster in the Soviet Union.[4]

Cast

Music

  1. "Dil Kaanto Mein Uljahaya Hai, Ek DushmanPe Pyar Aaya" - Lata Mangeshkar
  2. "Samundar Samundar Yaha Se Waha Tak Ye Maujo Ki" - Lata Mangeshkar
  3. "I Love You" - Asha Bhosle
  4. "Bada Hi Khubsurat Is Jagah Ka Har Nazara Hai" - Kishore Kumar
  5. "Tu Shaitano Ka Sardar Hai Sach Hai" - Shivangi Kolhapure, Mukesh

Production

It is claimed to be an uncredited remake of the 1972 Italian/Spanish/English film The Summertime Killer starring Christopher Mitchum and Olivia Hussey.[citation needed]

Box office

Worldwide gross revenue (est.)
Territory Gross revenue Adjusted gross (2016) Footfalls
Domestic
(India) 		₹2 crore[3]
(US$2.27 million)[n 1] 		US$Error when using {{Inflation}}: NaN/calculation error please notify Template talk:Inflation. million
(₹67 crore)[7] 		6.3 million[8]
Overseas
(Soviet Union) 		15 million SUR[n 2]
(US$21.25 million)[n 3]
(₹17.32 crore)[n 4] 		US$Error when using {{Inflation}}: NaN/calculation error please notify Template talk:Inflation. million
(₹524 crore)[7] 		60 million[9]
Worldwide ₹19.32 crore
(US$23.52 million) 		₹591 crore
(US$88 million) 		66.3 million

At the domestic Indian box office in 1976, Barood grossed ₹2 crore, with a net income of ₹1 crore. While it was the 17th highest-grossing film in India that year, it was declared a commercial flop in the domestic Indian market.[3]

Despite its domestic failure an India, the film went on to become an overseas blockbuster in the Soviet Union, where it released in 1978 and topped the year's Soviet box office chart.[4] It drew a box office audience of 60 million Soviet viewers, the second highest for an Indian film in the 1970s (after the earlier Rishi Kapoor starrer Bobby) and the fifth highest for a foreign film that decade.[9] At the Soviet box office, it was the 13th biggest hit of the 1970s,[9][12] the fourth most successful Indian import of all time (after Awaara, Bobby and Disco Dancer), the ninth biggest foreign hit of all time,[12] and one of the top 30 biggest hits of all time.[9][12] It was among the highest-grossing films in the Soviet Union.[13]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 8.804 Indian rupees per US dollar in 1976[6]
  2. ↑ 60 million tickets sold,[9] average ticket price of 25 kopecks[10]
  3. ↑ 0.706 Soviet rubles per US dollar in 1978[11]
  4. ↑ 8.15 Indian rupees per US dollar in 1978[6]

References

  1. ↑ Raj, Ashok (2009). Hero Vol.1. Hay House. p. 30. ISBN 9789381398029.
  2. ↑ Barood. Event occurs at 0:16.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Box Office 1976". www.boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Taste for Indian Films: Negotiating Cultural Boundaries in Post-Stalinist Soviet Society, page 170, Indiana University, 2005
  5. ↑ "Rishi Kapoor". IMDb. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Reserve Bank of India - Publications".
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "67.175856 INR per USD in 2016". Archived from the original on 13 July 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  8. ↑ Mittal, Ashok (1995). Cinema Industry in India: Pricing and Taxation. Indus Publishing. p. 71. ISBN 9788173870231.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Sergey Kudryavtsev. "Зарубежные фильмы в советском кинопрокате".
  10. ↑ Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War, page 48, Cornell University Press, 2011
  11. ↑ Archive of Bank of Russia http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Sergey Kudryavtsev. "Отечественные фильмы в советском кинопрокате".
  13. ↑ With love from India to Russia[permanent dead link], Russia Beyond the Headlines, 22 October 2009

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