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Bad Aur Badnaam

  • 1984
  • 2h 15m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
32
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Parveen Babi, Jagdeep, I.S. Johar, Kader Khan, Sanjeev Kumar, Anita Raj, and Shatrughan Sinha in Bad Aur Badnaam (1984)
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James and Ashwinikumar are secret agents from Ringania and India fighting to stop the villains hell bent on world domination.James and Ashwinikumar are secret agents from Ringania and India fighting to stop the villains hell bent on world domination.James and Ashwinikumar are secret agents from Ringania and India fighting to stop the villains hell bent on world domination.

  • Director
    • Feroz Chinoy
  • Stars
    • Sanjeev Kumar
    • Parveen Babi
    • Shatrughan Sinha
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    32
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Feroz Chinoy
    • Stars
      • Sanjeev Kumar
      • Parveen Babi
      • Shatrughan Sinha
    • 3User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Sanjeev Kumar
    Sanjeev Kumar
    • James Carlo
    Parveen Babi
    Parveen Babi
    • Pamela Singh
    Shatrughan Sinha
    Shatrughan Sinha
    • Ashwinikumar
    Anita Raj
    Anita Raj
    • Dr. Anita Mathur
    Shreeram Lagoo
    Shreeram Lagoo
    • R. C. Dutta
    Jagdeep
    Jagdeep
    • Mishraji
    Tom Alter
    Tom Alter
    • President of ringania
    • (uncredited)
    Tyrone Aviet
    Tyrone Aviet
    • Dancer in yeh hai dosti song
    • (uncredited)
    Brahm Bhardwaj
    Brahm Bhardwaj
    • Dr. Bhardwaj
    • (uncredited)
    Urmila Bhatt
    Urmila Bhatt
    • Ashwini's Mother
    • (uncredited)
    Chhaya
    Chhaya
    • In the crowd
    • (uncredited)
    R.S. Chopra
    R.S. Chopra
    • Police Chief
    • (uncredited)
    Sudhir Dalvi
    Sudhir Dalvi
    • Master (Kaza)
    • (uncredited)
    Sunil Dhawan
    Sunil Dhawan
    • Jagdish
    • (uncredited)
    Avtar Singh Gullu
    Avtar Singh Gullu
    • In the crowd
    • (uncredited)
    Habib
    Habib
    • Henchmen
    • (uncredited)
    Dinesh Hingoo
    Dinesh Hingoo
    • Hari Prasad
    • (uncredited)
    I.S. Johar
    I.S. Johar
    • Malpani
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Feroz Chinoy
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    3coltras35

    Boring

    Years ago Padero hired the services of Marco and his two companions for taking revenge for the murder of his sons. As Marco had both money and muscle he let loose a reign of terror in the world, created a rift between the Government of India and of Ringania. He also drove a wedge between Carlo and Ashwini Kumar, top secret police officers of those countries. A struggled ensued between the two in which, Kaza, alegendary interpol officer, interceded. Carlo fell in love with Pame- la Singh and Ashwini Kumar with Anita. They made up their differances and fought Marco to eradicate the terrorism.

    Sanjeev Kumar and Shatrughan Sinha act fine as usual but they can't save this espionage film from being a bore fest. The story looked enticing but the film itself lacks cohesion, is complicated and there's too much chatting. I just persevered because of the cast involved. Some good action but that's all.
    4sauravjoshi85

    Due to immature direction and misfit characters the film falters!!

    Bad Aur Badnam is a spy action film directed by Feroze Chinoy. The film star an ensemble cast including Late Sanjeev Kumar, Shatrughan Sinha, Late Parveen Babi, Anita Raj, Late Kader Khan and late Dr. Shriram Lagoo.

    Covert agents Ashwinikumar and James turn hostile towards each other after a misunderstanding. However, they bury the hatchet and work together to thwart a sinister plan.

    This film can be termed as a film which has an impressive plot, some of the greatest but misfit star cast and a missed opportunity because of shoddy and immature direction.

    The plot of the film is good but the execution is messy and immature, the director wasn't able to handle this ambitious project and falters many times. The director was probably attempting to copy James bond style of filming and fails miserably.

    Acting in the film is good but somewhat the lead characters were misfit. Shatrughan Sinha was good but Sanjeev Kumar looked misfit in the role of a spy. Late Raj Mehra one of the greatest character artist also looked misfit in negative role.

    Screenplay of the film is average and messy, climax of the film is also disappointing, overall an opportunity missed.
    5vkap-13252

    James Bond copy with all standard bollywood masala added

    OK. This is NOT great but it is so cheesy and full of bollywoodisms that it is more humor than thriller. An attempt to copy James Bond movies with baddies intent on world domination but with so many Hindi movie traps that Broccoli couldn't ever have imagined. Two secret agents instead of one who first hate each other but then get together. Each paired with a typical ideal leading lady, more songs than you can tolerate in a thriller and even kidnapped maa. Throw in lots of farz, usual masal dialogs, shake well and serve with a side of songs and comedy. Just like in James Bond movies, the heroes seem past their prime and in need of better belts to stop their paunches from running ahead of them.

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    • Trivia
      After the sucess of Be-Rehem (1980) the same producer then started another movie Bad Aur Badnaam with strong cast, but Parveen Babi disapearence and Sanjeev Kumar demise, this film was released as it is.
    • Goofs
      Sanjeev Kumar is shown as a Christian but does a wrong sign of the cross.

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    • Release date
      • January 1, 1984 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Language
      • Hindi
    • Production company
      • NH Studioz
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 15 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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