Compared to Upendra's earlier blockbuster movies like A, Upendra, Preethse, H2O, this film was considered as average hit as it returned investment for the producer. The film was sold to distributors at a very high distribution price and got an extraordinary opening in its initial weeks, thus returning investment for the producer. Superstar ended up becoming a below average grosser in Karnataka by running only for 6 weeks in its main centre in Bangalore. The film continued to storm the box office during its initial weeks, but failed to live up to the expectations and most of the fans were disappointed by the movie.
Superstar had an extremely strong opening at the box office across Karnataka similar to the earlier record breaking openers of Upendra and set the box office on fire during its opening weekend. While the performances of the lead artistes, unique story line of the film, soundtrack, background music and other technical aspects of the film were praised, the screenplay of the film was the most criticized by the critics as well as the audiences. The reaction from the critics turned out to be mostly negative upon the film's release. The track "Thagole Thagole" was a chartbuster. The music for the movie was composed and lyrics were penned by Hamsalekha. Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar Guest Appearance.Upendra as Dipendra of Nepal / rock star Ricky.Most recently, he had been shooting for 'Gulabo Sitabo' and 'Chehre' where he will be seen sharing screen space with Ayushmann Khurrana and Emraan Hashmi for the first time. Not to be left behind are his special appearances in Kannada film Amrithadhare, and Telugu films 'Amrutha Varsham', 'Manam', and the latest release 'Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy'. Meyer Wolfsheim in the Leonardo DiCaprio starrer was played by the legendary actor who had a cameo yet an unforgettable appearance in the Baz Luhrmann's directorial. The plot of the film was based on the hijacking of the Indian Airlines Flight 814 in 1999. The Malayalam language war film penned and helmed by Major Ravi saw Senior Bachchan as Lokanath Sharma. The National Film Award winner left a mark in the Marathi industry too with this Gajendra Ahire directorial in which he narrated the film starring Ajinkya Deo.Īn inevitable part of the celluloid industry, Tollywood can't go unmentioned when talking of one of India's biggest actors. This Abhishek Chhadha directorial also starred Nagma as Ganga.Įk Krantiveer: Vasudev Balwant Phadke (2007) The 'Sholay' star's Bhojpuri outing 'Ganga' portrayed him as Thakur Vijay Singh with 'Dreamgirl' Hema Malini playing Thakurain Savitri V.
The film then went on to explore who actually Abhijit is and will he be able to save his love from the atrocities of Kaaliram's (Amjad) terror? Entering the movie as a stranger in the tea gardens of Darjeeling, he falls in love with Tamosha (Raakhee). This 1981 Bengali feature had Amitabh as Abhijit, opposite Raakhee Gulzar, Amjad Khan and Utpal Datta. So, here's a look at some of his undiscovered outings in Bengali to English cinema. What better day than his 77th birthday to take a look at his works in other languages as well.