Ghulami

Ghulami
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJ. P. Dutta
Screenplay byJ. P. Dutta
Dialogues byO. P. Dutta
Story byJ. P. Dutta
Produced byHabib Nadiadwala
Faruq Nadiadwala
StarringDharmendra
Mithun Chakraborty
Naseeruddin Shah
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Smita Patil
Reena Roy
Anita Raj
Raza Murad
Narrated byAmitabh Bachchan
CinematographyIshwar R. Bidri
Edited byDeepak Y. Wirkud
M. D. Worlikar
Music byLaxmikant–Pyarelal
Production
company
Base Industries Group
Distributed byNadiadwala Sons
Bombino Video Pvt. Ltd.
Release date
  • 28 June 1985 (1985-06-28)
Running time
171 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Ghulami (transl. Slavery) is a 1985 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by J. P. Dutta (in his directorial debut). The film features an ensemble cast of Dharmendra, Mithun Chakraborty, Naseeruddin Shah, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Smita Patil, Reena Roy, Anita Raj, Raza Murad and Om Shivpuri. The lyrics of the songs were penned by Gulzar and the music was composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal, who would go on to collaborate with Dutta in all his films until Kshatriya (1993). It was shot at Fatehpur, Rajasthan. Amitabh Bachchan narrated the film.

The film, which portrays the caste system in Rajasthan, lead to communal riots in many small cities of the state.Ghulami