Inaam Dus Hazaar(1987)
Inaam Dus Hazaar is a 1987 Hindi action comedy film directed by Jyotin Goel. It stars Sanjay Dutt and Meenakshi Sheshadri in their only film together. The story follows a salesman who is mistaken for a CID officer and gets caught in a diamond smuggling plot. He goes on the run with a woman who has her own secret identity. The film is inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest. It was the seventh highest-grossing Hindi film of 1987. The music was composed by R. D. Burman. The film was released on 27 February 1987.
Inaam Dus Hazaar is streaming on Prime Video and Airtel Xstream Play.
Where to watch:Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Prime Video, Airtel Xstream Play
- Theatrical Release
- 1 January 1987
- Director
- Jyotin Goel
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 2h 38m
- Rating
- 5.6/10
Storyline
A simple salesman named Kamal Malhotra is mistaken for a famous CID officer. He is beaten, framed for murder, and chased by both police and gangsters. On the run, he meets a beautiful woman named Sonia. But she has a secret that will change everything.
“One name, two lives, one love.”
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Cast & Crew
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Frequent partnerships reunited for Inaam Dus Hazaar
Cast reunions in this film: Meenakshi Seshadri & Meenakshi Sheshadri (23 films together), Gulshan Grover & Sanjay Dutt (19 films together), Gulshan Grover & Amrish Puri (16 films together), Amrish Puri & Sharat Saxena (8 films together), Gulshan Grover & Sharat Saxena (7 films together), and Gulshan Grover & Meenakshi Sheshadri (6 films together).
Trivia
- The film's title 'Inaam Dus Hazaar' translates to 'Prize Ten Thousand', referencing a reward plot point.
- It was one of the few films where actor Sanjay Dutt played a salesman caught in a crime thriller, a departure from his typical action roles.
- The movie features the popular song 'Tumse Milkar Na Jaane Kyon', sung by Anuradha Paudwal and picturized on Sanjay Dutt and Amrita Singh.
- Director Jyotin Goel also co-wrote the story, blending a romantic subplot with a main narrative of wrongful accusation and smuggling.
- The film's climax and train sequences were shot extensively on location, a common practice for thrillers of the 1980s.
- Amrita Singh's character, Sonia, typified the 'mysterious woman with underworld links' trope common in Bollywood potboilers of the era.
- Despite its star cast, the film did not perform strongly at the box office upon its initial release.