''Hum Paanch'' ( ''Us Five'') is a 1980 Hindi language action film directed by Bapu and produced by Boney Kapoor. The film features a huge all-star cast including Sanjeev Kumar, Shabana Azmi, Mithun Chakraborty,

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, Raj Babbar, Gulshan Grover (in his film debut) and Amrish Puri. 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 ''Paduvaaralli Pandavaru'' is a 1978 Indian Kannada language film directed by Puttanna Kanagal. It stars Ambarish, Ramakrishna and Jai Jagadish as the protagonists and Aarathi makes an extended special appearance in the role of a journalist. T ...

'', directed by

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which was also remade by Bapu earlier in Telugu as ''

Mana Voori Pandavulu ''Manavoori Pandavulu'' () is a 1978 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Bapu and written by Mullapudi Venkata Ramana, dealing with the struggle against the feudal system in their own unique way. The film is remake of Kannada movie ''Paduvaa ...

'' (1978). The film was distributed by noted distributor R. N. Mandre. 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.

Cast

* Sanjeev Kumar as Krishna * Shabana Azmi as Sundariya * Mithun Chakraborty as Bhima * Deepti Naval as Lajiya *

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as Suraj * Raj Babbar as Arjun * Gulshan Grover as Mahavir *Uday Chandra as Swaroop * Amrish Puri as Vir Pratap Singh * Aruna Irani as Nishi * Anil Kapoor as Aadesh *

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as Pandit * Geeta Siddharth as Vir Pratap's Sister * Roopesh Kumar as Vijay * Kanhaiyalal as Lala Nainsukh Prasad Srivastav * Kalpana Iyer in song "Aiye Meherban" *Leena Das in song "Aiye Meherban" *Phiroza Cooper in song "Aiye Meherban" *Sujata Bakshi in song "Aiye Meherban"

Crew

*''Director'' – Bapu *''Story'' – S. R. Puttanna Kanagal *''Screenplay'' – Mullapudi Venkata Ramana *''Dialogue'' –

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, Vinay Shukla *''Producer'' – Surinder Kapoor, Boney Kapoor *''Production Company'' – S. K. Films Enterprises *''Cinematographer'' – Sharad Kadwe *''Editor'' – Kamlakar Karkhanis *''Art Director'' – M. S. Shinde *''Costume Designer'' – Mrs. Kamal Bakshi, Prem Suri *''Action Director'' –

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*''Choreographer'' – Kamal Kumar *''Soundtrack'' – Polydor (now Universal Music India Limited)

Soundtrack

Box office

The film was a super hit and sixteenth highest-grossing movie of 1980.

References

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* {{Works based on the Mahabharata 1980 films Films directed by Bapu Films with screenplays by Mullapudi Venkata Ramana Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal Films scored by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Hindi remakes of Kannada films 1980s Hindi-language films Films based on the Mahabharata