Star (1982 film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Star
| image = Star (1982 film).JPG
| alt =
| caption = Poster
| director = Vinod Pande
| producer = Biddu
| writer = Biddu
| screenplay = Biddu, Tariq Yunus
| story =
| based_on =
| narrator =
| starring = Kumar Gaurav
Rati Agnihotri
Padmini Kolhapure
Raj Kiran
| music = Biddu
| cinematography = Nadeem Khan
| editing =
| studio = Mehboob Studios
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1982|10|22|India}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross =
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Star is a 1982 Indian Bollywood movie, directed by Vinod Pande, starring Kumar Gaurav, Rati Agnihotri, Raj Kiran, Saeed Jaffrey, A.K. Hangal, Dina Pathak and Padmini Kolhapure.
It had a very successful soundtrack released as Star/Boom Boom, produced by Biddu and sung by Nazia Hassan and Zoheb Hassan. Despite popular soundtracks, the movie flopped at the box office.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2016/dec/26/3528|title=Why filmmaker Vinod Pande is finally at peace |author=Sonal Pandya |date=26 December 2016 |archive-date=8 December 2019 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208205841/https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2016/dec/26/3528 |website=cinestaan.com}}
Nazia and Zoheb were offered the chance to act in this movie by Biddu, but they refused to act and chose singing.
Plot
Dev Kumar Verma comes from a middle-class family and must find employment to support his parents. Dev, however, has set his mind upon becoming a music sensation like Elvis Presley.
He loses his job because of this and refuses to work until he gets a job to his liking, much to his parents' dismay and his brother, Shiv Kumar Verma. Dev gets employment at Charlie's Disco, where he meets Maya and falls in love with her.
When Charlie's Disco's competitor, Rana, finds out about Dev, he wants to hire Dev, but Dev decides to continue to work with Charlie's Disco. Consequently, Dev and Charlie get beaten up by Rana's men, and Dev cannot sing.
After recuperating, Dev is devastated to find out that Maya and Shiv are in love with each other.
Cast
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- Kumar Gaurav...Dev Kumar Verma
- Rati Agnihotri...Maya
- Padmini Kolhapure...Dev's fan (Cameo)
- Raj Kiran...Shiv Kumar Verma
- Saeed Jaffrey...Rana
- A.K. Hangal...Mr. Verma
- Dina Pathak...Mrs. Verma
- Raja Bundela...Salim (Dev's friend)
- Ravindra Kapoor...Charlie
- Rajendra Kumar...Himself (Guest Appearance)
- Bob Christo...Samson
- Yunus Parvez...Dev's employer
- Biddu...Himself (Guest Appearance)
- Dinesh Kaushik as Contestant singer
- Piloo Wadia....Parsee lady waiting for lift
- Vinod Pande...(guest appearance) as police inspector in hospital
- Devika Bhojwani...Contest announcer
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Soundtrack
All songs were composed by Biddu, lyrics writen by Indeevar & Amit Khanna & sung by Pakistani pop duo Nazia and Zoheb, consisting of Nazia Hassan and her brother Zoheb Hassan, under label of EMI India which were Also known as or The Gramophone Company Of India.
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer(s) !! Lyrics |
| 1
| "Star" | Zoheb Hassan | Indeevar |
| 2
| Nazia Hassan | Indeevar |
| 3
| "Jaana" | Nazia & Zoheb Hassan | Amit Khanna |
| 4
| "Khushi" | Nazia Hassan | Amit Khanna |
| 5
| "Ooie-Ooie" | Zoheb Hassan | Amit Khanna |
| 6
| "Dheere Dheere" | Zoheb Hassan | Amit Khanna |
| 7
| "Koi Nahin" | Nazia Hassan | Amit Khanna |
| 8
| "Zindagi" | Zoheb Hassan | Amit Khanna |
| 9
| "Muskuraye Ja" | Zoheb Hassan | Amit Khanna & Indeevar |
Awards and nominations
- Filmfare Nomination for Best Female Playback Singer - Nazia Hassan for the song "Boom Boom"{{cite web|url=http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf|title=1st Filmfare Awards 1953|publisher=}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0249986|Star}}
- [https://cultofkumar.tumblr.com Cult of Kumar]