Rustom(1982)

Storyline

A former wrestling champion struggles with drinking and gambling while raising his son. The boy's life is upended when he learns his mother, who he thought was dead, is actually alive.

“A fallen champion fights for his son and a second chance.”

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Cast & Crew

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HabibActor

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TanujaActor

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Sohrab ModiActor

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Dara SinghActor

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Tanuja SamarthPoonam Mehta

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Rajendra KumarJ. D. Mehta

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Master BhagwanDhaniram

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Vishal DesaiActor

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Jankidas MehraActor

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Sunder TanejaActor

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Dara SinghDirector

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Trivia

• The film was a remake of the 1979 Hollywood movie 'The Champ', which itself was a remake of a 1931 film.
• Dara Singh, known as a wrestling legend, directed only two Hindi films in his career, and 'Rustom' was one of them.
• Child actor Sunny, who played the son, was a popular figure in 1980s Bollywood, often appearing in films with action stars.
• The movie featured music by Bappi Lahiri, who was at the peak of his disco fame in the early 1980s.
• Unlike many Bollywood films of the era, 'Rustom' did not have a major female lead or a prominent romantic subplot.
• The film's release came during a period when sports dramas, especially about wrestling, were rare in mainstream Hindi cinema.
• It is one of the few films where Dara Singh played a character with significant flaws like alcoholism, diverging from his usual heroic image.