''Hum Paanch'' ( ''Us Five'') is a 1980

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directed by Bapu and produced by Boney Kapoor. The film features an all-star cast including Sanjeev Kumar,

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, Naseeruddin Shah,

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, Gulshan Grover (in his film debut) and Amrish Puri. The film was a surprise and big hit at the box office and 7th Highest grossing Hindi Film at the domestic box office of the year 1980. The movie was Boney Kapoor's maiden venture as a producer. A young Anil Kapoor, who is Boney Kapoor's brother has a cameo appearance. This film is a remake of 1978 Kannada film '' Paduvaaralli Pandavaru'', directed by

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which was also remade by Bapu earlier in Telugu as '' Mana Voori Pandavulu'' (1978).

Cast

* Sanjeev Kumar as Krishna *

as Sundariya * Naseeruddin Shah as Suraj *

as Bheema * Deepti Naval as Lajiya *

as Arjun * Gulshan Grover as Mahaveer *Uday Chandra as Swaroop * Amrish Puri as Veer Pratap Singh * Aruna Irani as Nishi * Anil Kapoor as Aadesh * A. K. Hangal as Pandit * Geeta Siddharth as Veer Pratap's Sister * Roopesh Kumar as Vijay * Kanhaiyalal as Lala Nainsukh Prasad Shrivastav * Sunder * C.S. Dubey * Kalpana Iyer in song "Aaiye Meherban" *Leena Das in song "Aaiye Meherban" *Phiroza Cooper in song "Aaiye Meherban" *Sujata Bakshi in song "Aaiye Meherban"

Soundtrack

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* 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 1980s Indian films Films based on the Mahabharata Indian action drama films Films produced by Boney Kapoor {{1980s-Hindi-film-stub