Qurbani (film): Difference between revisions

| released = 20 June{{Film date|1980|06|20|df=yes}}

| language = Hindi<br>Urdu<ref name="Hindu"/>

| budget = {{INR}}12.5 Crore

| gross = {{INR}}12 25.8 Crore (Worldwide)<ref name=BOI>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=186&catName=MTk4MA== |title=Qurbani (1980 film), Top Earner of 1980 |website=Box Office India|access-date=25 September 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005061223/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=186&catName=MTk4MA== |archive-date=5 October 2013 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

'''''Qurbani''''' ({{translation|Sacrifice}}) is a 1980 Indian Hindi-language [musical romantic]] [[action thriller film]] produced, directed by and starring [[Feroz Khan (actor)|Feroz Khan]] (under the banner of FK International). The film co-stars [[Vinod Khanna]], [[Zeenat Aman]], [[Amjad Khan (actor)|Amjad Khan]], [[Shakti Kapoor]], [[Aruna Irani]], [[Amrish Puri]] and [[Kader Khan]].<ref name="Hindu">{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=Anuj |title=Qurbani (1980) |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/Qurbani-1980/article16083324.ece |access-date=25 September 2023 |work=The Hindu newspaper|date=27 October 2016 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

The film released on 20 June 1980 and was declared a blockbuster.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://filminformation.com/featured/flashback-13-october-2023-from-our-issue-dated-17th-october-1998/ |title=Blockbusters Of Twenty-Five Years (1973–1997) |date=13 October 2023 |access-date=17 January 2024 |archive-date=17 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117074705/https://filminformation.com/featured/flashback-13-october-2023-from-our-issue-dated-17th-october-1998/ |url-status=live}}</ref>{{Attribution needed|date=August 2024}} It was the [[List of Hindi films of 1980|highest grossing film of 1980]].<ref name=BOI/> This film also won 2 [[Filmfare Awards]].<ref name=Filmfare/>

Rajesh (was a [[FerozMotorcycle Khanstunt (actor)riding|Ferozmotorcycle Khanstuntman]]) was a motorcycle stuntman in a circus and is now a thief, expert in breaking open treasuries. In one such robbery, he is being watched by police inspector Amjad Khan ([[Amjad Khan (actor)|Amjad Khan]]). Sheela ([[Zeenat Aman]]) is a gorgeous [[Nightclub|disco club dancer]] and singer. Rajesh and Sheela are in love. Rajesh has not disclosed to Sheela that he is a thief. Inspector Amjad Khan arrests Rajesh for theft after he is seen by an officer at a traffic accident. The court sentences Rajesh to two years' imprisonment. Sheela is devastated after she realises Rajesh was a thief. Rajesh meets Vikram in jail. The evil brother-sister duo, Vikram ([[Shakti Kapoor]]) and Jwaala ([[Aruna Irani]]) seek revenge against crime boss Rakka ([[Amrish Puri]]), who cheated Jwaala and siphoned her money.

Meanwhile, Amar ([[Vinod Khanna]]) is an ace crime member in Rakka's gang who revolts against Rakka. He is a widower with a daughter Tina (Natasha Chopra) studying in a boarding school. However, before quitting Rakka's gang, Amar has committed a crime, masked, and inspector Amjad Khan is investigating that case. Amar saves Sheela from a gang of rowdy bikers. They meet regularly as Sheela likes Amar's daughter Tina. Soon, Amar begins to love Sheela, who does not reciprocate because she still loves Rajesh. After a short time, Amar and Sheela get together. Rajesh completes his [[Sentence (law)|jail sentence]]. While returning, he meets Vikram who again reminds him of the deal to rob Rakka. During the conversation, Amar incidentally reaches the site and a fist fight ensues between Amar and Vikram. While fleeing, Vikram swears revenge against Amar. Thus Rajesh and Amar meet for the first time. Rajesh takes Amar to introduce him to Sheela; Sheela and Amar pretend as if they do not know each other since they don't want Rajesh to unnecessarily suspect them.

Later, Vikram's goons kidnap Amar's daughter and beat Amar, who is hospitalized. In return for Amar and his daughter's safety, Rajesh agrees to do Vikram's job. He nurses Amar back to normal and soon they turn thick friends. Amar promises Rajesh he will support him in this one last robbery. They plan to shift to [[London]] after the robbery with the money. They concoct a scheme whereby Amar would steal [[Gold bar|gold bars]] and jewellery from a safe, phone the police, let Rajesh take over, get arrested, and get a prison term for about 12 to 18 months. After his release, he will join Amar in the UK. Things don't go according to plan as Rajesh gets arrested for killing Rakka, while Amar and Sheela reach London with the money. Rajesh construes that Amar deliberately framed him so that he can get Rajesh out of the way, keep all the money (as well as Sheela) for himself. Rajesh escapes from jail and reaches London to apprehend Amar. After a brief tussle, Rajesh realizes the truth and that Amar did not frame him. Vikram and his goons reach London to take revenge against Rajesh and Amar. In the climax of the movie, Amar sacrifices his life to save Rajesh, Sheela and Tina from getting killed by Vikram.

The film had a production budget of {{INR|1.55 [[crore]]}}<ref name="indiatoday">{{cite news |title=Amitabh Bachchan Hindi film industry's most expensive star, Hema Malini tops among women |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/economy/story/19830215-amitabh-bachchan-hindi-film-industrys-most-expensive-star-hema-malini-tops-among-women-770465-2013-07-31 |work=India Today |date=February 15, 1983|access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref> ({{US$|{{#expr:15.5/7.8629 round 1}} million|long=no}}).<ref group="n" name="Currency"/> ItFilming began filming in 1979, and was one of the most expensive Indian films at the time. Feroz Khan's expenses included {{INR|23 [[lakh]]|link=yes}} for a new camera, {{INR|{{#expr:0.8+(0.45*10)}} lakh}} for several scenes (including a song sequence) on a large set (representing a [[Pashtun people|Pathan]]'s den), and {{INR|16,590}} for an authentic silver sword.<ref name="blitz">{{cite journal |title=Qurbani |journal=Cine Blitz magazineMagazine |date=1979 |volume=5 |issue=2 |page=90 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=slIqAAAAYAAJ |publisher=Blitz Publications |quote=Will Feroz Khan's Qurbani outdo Abdullah? Is the question everyone's asking. If he could spend [[Indian rupee|Rs.]] 23 lakhs on a new camera for the film, he must mean business! This gigantic set of a Pathan's den was impressively done, with Feroz, Vinod and 40 junior artistes making merry. The interiors cost roughly Rs. 85,000, and the set with artistes and all, cost Feroz about Rs. 45,000 a day. They went through a gruelling ten day schedule, picturising a song sequence and other scenes. [...] Feroz believes in authenticity all the way. He bought himself a real silver sword, as is befitting to a pathan. It cost the grand sum of Rs. 16,590 — a sound investment perhaps}}</ref> ''[[Cine Blitz]]'' suggested in 1979 that the production costs of ''Qurbani'' may exceed ''[[Abdullah (film)|Abdullah]]'', another similarly expensive production at the time.<ref name="blitz"/>

It was going to be released on 27 June 1980 and clash with [[Karz (film)|Karz]] but the sudden demise of [[Sanjay Gandhi]] who died on 23 June 1980, release was postponed for one week and finally it was released on 430 JulyJune 1980 to bumper response and became the biggest hit of the year, with a [[gross revenue]] of [[Indian rupee|{{INR}}]]1213.8 [[crore]] ([[net income]] of {{INR}}612.4 crore) at the Indian box office in 1980.<ref name=BOI/> This is equivalent to [[US$]]15.26 million in 1980,{{#tag:ref|7.8629 [[Indian rupee]]s per [[US dollar]] in 1980<ref name="sauder">{{cite web|title=Pacific Exchange Rate Service|url=http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=3|website=[[UBC Sauder School of Business]]|publisher=[[University of British Columbia]]|page=3|access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref>|group=n|name=Currency}} or US${{Inflation|US|15.26|1980}} million ({{INR}}330 crore) in 2018.

The movie is known for its music and songs, including the title [[qawwali]] "Qurbani Qurbani", written by the [[Urdu]] poet, [[Faruk Kaiser]] and rendered by

''Qurbani'' was remade in Turkish as ''{{Ill|Çare Sende AllahımAllah'ım|tr}}'' directed by [[Yılmaz Atadeniz]] in 1984, which Behçet Nacar in Feroz Khan’s role and [[Müslüm Gürses]] in Vinod Khanna’s role, and in Tamil as ''[[Viduthalai (1986 film)|Viduthalai]]'' in 1986 by producer [[K. Balaji]]. The film had [[Rajnikant]] in Feroz Khan's role and [[Dr. Vishnuvardhan]] in Vinod Khanna's role and was shot in the [[United States]], but was an average hit.

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