Hum Paanch (film)

Hum Paanch
Directed byBapu
Screenplay byMullapudi Venkata Ramana
Based onPaduvaaralli Pandavaru
by Puttana Kanagal
Produced byBoney Kapoor
Surinder Kapoor
StarringSanjeev Kumar
Shabana Azmi
Mithun Chakraborty
Deepti Naval
Naseeruddin Shah
Raj Babbar
Uday Chandra
Gulshan Grover
Amrish Puri
CinematographySharad Kadwe
Edited byKamlakar Karkhanis
Music byLaxmikant–Pyarelal
Production
company
S. K. Films Enterprises
Release date
  • 19 December 1980 (1980-12-19)
Running time
180 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Hum Paanch (transl. Us Five) is a 1980 Hindi language action film directed by Bapu and produced by Boney Kapoor. The film features an all-star cast including Sanjeev Kumar, Shabana Azmi, Mithun Chakraborty, Deepti Naval, Naseeruddin Shah, Raj Babbar, Uday Chandra, Gulshan Grover (in his film debut) and Amrish Puri. The film was a surprise and big hit at the box office, and the 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 Puttanna Kanagal which was also remade by Bapu earlier in Telugu as Mana Voori Pandavulu (1978).