Sharaabi (शराबी) 40 years old

Loosely based on Dudley Moore's 'Arthur'. Amithabh plays a spoilt but generous hearted drunk son of an extremely rich and uncaring father. Om Prakash plays the surrogate father and Jaya Pradha provides the romantic liason.

Sharaabi

Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and a peg of brandy instead of a glass milk, Vicky Kapoor, the only son of multi-millionaire industrialist, Amarnath, grows up to be an alcoholic, albeit with a good heart. Amarnath has detached himself completely from Vicky s life, and provides him money in lieu of affection and care, living this to be taken care off by Munshi Phoolchand. Vicky is very resentful of being ignored by his dad in this manner, and leaves no stone unturned to mock and belittle him at every available opportunity. Amarnath hopes to get his son married, but Vicky loves the daughter of a poor blind man, Meena, which is not acceptable to Amarnath. One day Amarnath decides he has had enough and decides to turn Vicky out of his house. He has him sign waivers, and asks him to get out, which Vicky does so. While Vicky is relieved of being freed from his dad s control, the question remains that with no skills at making a living, how is Vicky to survive in a cold-hearted world

Credits

Sharaabi Cast

Name Character
Dinesh Hingoo He was 44, now 84 years old as Neighbour calling police in the song "De de pyar de"
Mukhri as Natthulal
Jayaprada She was 22, now 62 years old as Meena
A.K. Hangal He was 67, 95 years old when he died as Meena's Blind Father
Bharat Bhushan He was 35, now 75 years old as Master jee
C.S. Dubey as Father of prospective bride
Chandrashekhar He was 61, 32 years old when he died as Advocate Saxena
Big B He was 42, now 82 years old as Vicky Kapoor

Sharaabi Crew

Name Department
Prakash Mehra as Director. He was 45 (69) years old when He died Directing
Sharaabi poster
Sharaabi (40 years)

Loosely based on Dudley Moore's 'Arthur'. Amithabh plays a spoilt but generous hearted drunk son of an extremely rich and uncaring father. Om Prakash plays the surrogate father and Jaya Pradha provides the romantic liason.

  • Release day: Saturday, October 27, 1984
  • Runtime: 180 minutes