Mr. India

Plot synopsis:
Mogambo (Amrish Puri) is a brilliant yet insane General whose goal is to conquer India. From his island, he monitors the evil-doings perpetrated by his henchmen. All of his subordinates know the formal salute "Hail Mogambo!", emphasising his complete authority over his minions.
Arun Verma (Anil Kapoor) is an orphan and a street-walking violinist who rents a large, old house. There, he houses a dozen or so orphaned children and takes care of them with the help of his cook and caretaker Calendar (Satish Kaushik). Arun is poor, owes debts to the local food merchant Roopchand (Harish Patel), and is overdue to pay the landlord Maniklal (Yunus Parvez). In spite of these problems, Arun tries to look on the bright side of every situation. As time goes by, Calendar reminds Arun that the cost of running the home continues to rise. Arun decides to rent out the room on the first floor. When he goes to the local newspaper to run an advertisement for the room, he meets Seema Sahni (Sridevi) and makes her his tenant. They get off to a rocky start but Seema eventually becomes friends with everyone.
One day, Arun receives a mysterious letter from a family friend, Dr. Sinha (Ashok Kumar), who reveals that Arun's late father had created a device that would make its user invisible. With the directions in the letter, Arun, accompanied by his ward Jugal, enters his father's laboratory and finds the device. The device is in the shape of a gold watch worn on the wrist. When it is activated, it makes the wearer invisible to the naked eye. This invisibility is pervasive except for one flaw: when red light is focused on the wearer, he becomes visible. Arun and Jugal decide to keep the device a secret between them. Seema goes to a lavish party hosted by Daaga (Sharat Saxena) and Teja (Ajit Vachani), where she performs a song under the guise of a Hawaiian dancer. She is nearly killed by the criminals after her disguise is spoiled, but Arun invisibly rescues her, styling himself "Mr. India". Thereafter, Seema falls in love with her rescuer, though not attracted to his civilian alter ego.
Mr. India later defeats Mogambo's men in several encounters, foiling their criminal plans. Mogambo's computer-aided intelligence teams reveal that Mr. India's specific actions against the gambling den bring benefit to Arun Verma. Mogambo has bombs disguised as toys, planted in places where children can find them. One of the bombs kills Arun's youngest and dearest charge, Tina, driving Arun to immense grief. Arun, Seema, Calendar, and the surviving children are brought before Mogambo. Mogambo tortures them so that they reveal Mr. India's true identity and the location of the invisibility device. Arun eventually admits to this when Mogambo threatens to drop two children into a pit of acid; but because Arun has dropped the device, he cannot become invisible to prove himself. Frustrated, Mogambo has them sent into the dungeons.
However, they are all able to escape. Mogambo activates four ICBMs, which are poised to destroy all of India. Arun confronts him, and the two fight. When Arun has overcome Mogambo, he deactivates the launch which culminates in the missiles detonating on the launch-pad. Arun, Seema, Calendar, and the children escape, while Mogambo's fortress is destroyed. Mogambo dies inside the big fireball caused by the explosion of the missiles on the launch pad.
Arun's dual identity remains a secret to most people, while he returns to his former life.

Tags: good versus evil

Review:
Superb classic.
This Classic from the eighties is one of the few sci fi films to be produced in India incidentally it is also one of the best.
Directed by shekhar kapur of "Elizabeth" fame Mr India is one of his earlier works.
The cinematography may not be great but the rest sure is!
An interesting and intelligent story that makes for full on family entertainment.
This movie will make you smile laugh and cry and bring out all the other various emotions in you.
Sridevi players the bubbly cheerful news reporter and Anil kapoor the Super Hero who upon discovering the invisibility formula sets out to avenge the worlds evils.
Aka Mogambo played by the greatest villain ever to grace the Indian screen Amrish puri.
His mogambo still strikes terror into the hearts of kids.
Anil Kapoor & Sridevi's relationship is more of a homage to the Louis lane Clark Kent type relationship seen in several superhero movies.
The rain and wind dance number by sridevi.
could easily give the new crop of actresses a run for their money.
brilliantly acted and executed her dance with the invisible man is simply unforgettable and who can forget her cheeky "hava hawi" number.
you can watch this film time and time again and not get bored.
The special effects may be basic but the story and acting are just brilliant.
directors and actors of today take a note.
Its not just about the visuall appearance.
its also about soul that films of today lack which this film is full of.
watch it and be truly entertained one of my definite favourites....
Mr India- Salim- Javed's last classic.
This movie was a firm childhood favourite of mine and it still hasn't lost its magic.
This was the movie that sent Anil Kapoor into stardom and the pairing of Anil Kapoor and Sridevi was used in other movies.
The scripting was absolutely perfect, the songs were brilliant (my favourite was Hawaa Hawaii) and add to a mammoth budget and you have a bollywood classic.This is essentially a kids film, which is a market rarely catered to in Bollywood.
Amrish Puri gave the performance of a lifetime( who can forget his Mogambo Khush Hus dialogue).
There are many other memorable characters, like for instance Sridevi's boss or Mogambo's henchman Goga and Daga.
This movie ranks amongst other Salim Javed's best work, for instance Sholay and Shaan.
Tremendous fun from start to finish..
the movie has soul.
As a wise young fellow mentioned, what makes this movie so watchable today is that it has soul.
Watching it after 15 years, it brings back a lot of childhood memories.
The movie is just full of entertainment and does not look outdated at all.
Shekar Kapur's direction is fantastic.
Because of his direction, the movie moves on a constant pace and the scenes aren't overdone in a silly way.
Sridevi's performance is, as always, top-notch.
Anil Kapoor is very likable.
The kids are good too (but annoying in the songs and dances).
The songs are funny and catchy giving us Sridevi's memorable Hawa Hawai and the sensual sari dance in Kaate nahi.
Of course, who could forget one of Amrish Puri's most memorable roles as Mogambo?
In my humble opinion this is definitely one of the most entertaining movies that I could watch over and over again with friends or family.
If you want to be entertained and have a good time, watch Mr. India..
Excellent.
"Mugambo Kush Hua (Mugambo is pleased," is the famous line that was repeated several times by the late Amrish Puri in this 1980's classic movie.
The movie stars Anil Kapoor as "Mr India," who can turn invisible when he needs to fight against the villain, Mugambo, but has to be very careful of "red light" at all times, Sri Devi as journalist who believes that Mr India exists and tries to find him, Satish Kaushik, as Anil Kapoor's friend "Calendar," who helps him to look after a bunch of orphaned children, one of which is none other than Aftab Shivdasani, now a Bollywood heartthrob.
The movie itself is a science fiction, which was first for its type from Bollywood and what has made it even more memorable was the special effects used by the director, Boney Kapoor.
The songs and the music are also very memorable and especially: "Hum Karte Hai Pyar Mr. India Se (I Love Mr India), "Hawa Hawaii," and not to mention the seductive song by the late Kishore Kumar, "I Love You," which enabled him to receive a film fare award for the best song.Conclusion: Excellent movie which can be enjoyed with your family.
Watchout for the re - make of this movie..
One of the only Indian movies worth watching..
In the fast growing world of Indian cinema, it's hard to find a good, family movie.
Thankfully, Mr. India fitted and continues to fit this category with great humor, romance, and is overall the only good Indian movie I've seen.
It's funny and doesn't include submissive women, hostile violence but is made for the entire family and is definitely worth watching.
And, it has English subtitles =).
All time best.
The movie is the best movie i have ever seen in my life.The direction is brilliant.Screenplay is fantastic.The dialogues are brilliant.The cinematogrpahy is excellent.Excellent Cheoreography.The story is brilliant.It tells about Arun who is an orphan.He is the care taker of a few orphaned kids.One day he goes and gets a gadget.He becomes invisible.He can only be seen through red light.One day a Journalist Seema is fascinated over him.A villain Mogambo wants him.He is being taken to Mogambos lab.he loses the gadget.With the help of Seema he saves the day.Excellent.Anil is brilliant.Sridevi was brilliant too.Amrish was brilliant too.The kids were quite annoying.The music is fantastic.The comedy was wwonderful.The singers do a good job.This is a must see.A taotal masala flick with Romance,Comedy,Action and Musical.
The Indian family version of 'The Invisible Man'.
From the film industry which releases the largest number of movies in the world (more than Hollywood can even dream!), Mr. India was the perfect mix of dreams and reality.
On the one hand is Arun, the caretaker of orphans, trying to have a living for everyone out of his non-existent income, and on the other is Mocambo (or Mogambo), the villain who wants to destroy India and take over control.Things change for Arun when he discovers a secret to become invisible.
The magic band does wonders for his love life and comes in handy to do good for the humanity..
fighting the bad guys and ultimately saving the world!Mr. India can be described as the 'Indian twist' to 'The Invisible Man', where the hero can never do anything bad.
Shekhar Kapoor (The Director) has done a good job in mixing adventure, comedy, drama and romance, while retaining the original flavor of the 'good old' Indian film musical.
Overall, a delight to watch!.
All Time Classic.
This is one of the oldest and greatest films I've ever seen, I used to watch it all the time when I was younger.
It is about a orphanage owner who struggles to keep it running but one day he and one of the orphans come across an invisibility mechanism which helps them fight the bad guys that are trying to shut them down.
It's an all time classic, I loved this movie a lot, not just because it was one of my first but it was an all round family movie which could make me laugh and cry.
I'd give it a perfect 10.0.
Yes, it's another movie about Invisibilty....
But we all love a bit of sci-fi...
This is a great movie.
It was a great childhood memory for me and still watching it now I still enjoy it.Invisibility, Sri Devi, Anil Kapoor, laughs, an evil Villan (Mogambo, portrayed brilliantly by Amrish Puri...
what more does one really need?All in all a great movie with the only flaws being some of the scene changes for effects purposes were a bit laughable...
But I guess it was India in the 80s...Still ranks among my favourite Bollywood movies, and I'm not too hot on Bollywood...9/10.
The best villain the world has ever seen!.
"Mogambo Khush Hua" is the signature line of the villain Mogambo played by Amrish Puri in the classic "Mr. India".
I must say, Mogambo is a kind of villain which will remain immortal in every hearts.
Amrish Puri displays the act of villainy with perfection.
He shows the required amount of menace and that helps to make his character a classic.
Apparently, this movie is not about Mogambo.
It's about "Mr. India" played by Anil Kapoor who has inherited a magical watch from his father with which he can become invisible.
But here, the hero is overshadowed by the villain.
Anil Kapoor does his job pretty well and I guess no actor would've been able to pull off that role with aplomb like him.
Sridevi is truly the devi of India.
Her "Hawa Hawaii" dance number is also the highlight of "Mr. India" and she was also likable as a reporter.
Like most of her movies, Sridevi gets her comic timings and the scene where she disguises as Charlie Chaplin is hilarious!
"Mr. India" is one of the best movies of Bollywood as it created an immortal villain by the name of Mogambo.
Every kid in India is scared of the name "Mogambo" and every mothers use this name to lure their children to sleep in India.
What an impression!
The only thing I didn't like about this movie is the scene where the little girl dies in a bomb explosion.
This scene was unnecessary and made the film quite heavy.
Barring this scene, almost all the scenes are memorable and are worth repeat-viewing.
I rate it 9/10..
I rate it 9/10..
Three words: MOGAMBO ...........
KHUSH HUA!!!!.
Forget the guy who turns invisible, his insipid romance with an overly bubbly then-queen-bee-trying-hard-to-entertain, even (with some effort) forget the army of kids adding tenderness....this movie and its massive success rested squarely on the powerful shoulders of Amrish Puri, a.k.a Mogambo, the unforgettable embodiment of pure evil, raw power and lord of carnage (superior even to Gabbar Singh).
The roles of the others are merely a sprinkling of "garam masala" to the "chicken biryani" that was puri's performance, best described as controlled AND over-the-top, unbelievable AND YET believable, and terrifying AND somewhat comedic all at the same time..
The most complete movie ever made..
I am yet to see a movie which has Sci-Fi, Comedy, Romance, Music, Action, Drama and Patriotism in it.
This film excels in every department.
Anil Kapoor and Sridevi are great in their parts.
Amrish Puri has an unforgettable role as Mogambo.THIS ONE IS A MUST WATCH.
THE BEST OF BOLLYWOOD..
Horrible Blatant Copy of Marvel's Captain America.
Captain America was a character created back in 1941 for comic and put into his first film in 1944 then later into a TV series in the 1960's.
Whoever created this obviously read or watched some of media from Captain America and adapted it for an Indian audience.
I recommend Stan Lee bring up copyright claims for this movie to prevent them from making another one.
Instead of watching this i would recommend watching one of the 3 Captain America movies that had been made prior to this one or one of the two newer ones , one of which has just been released.
Any Americans might be watching this film please don't be offended by it's plagiarism..
Thanks for making this movie.
I remember when Anil Kapoor sir debuted in this movie and it really a great contribution and it's the really nice movie which is one of my favorite movies.
Awesome film.
Some films never get aged, Mr India is one of them The film is set on a simple premise but the way it's handled it's superb The last film of Salim-Javed together, they had split after Shakti but returned to write this film.
The film also was one of the first films of Anil-Sridevi The film starts off well, the scenes amongst the kids, the problems Arun faces, the entire Mogambo part which seems an extension of SJ's own SHAAN(1980).There are several great scenes like Sridevi spoofing Charlie Chaplin, the fight scene when Sridevi is kidnapped, The Annu Kapoor scene and the climax though a bit lengthy and similar to SHAAN(1980) yet it's goodDirection by Shekhar Kapur is great Music by LP is amazing, Zindagi Ki Yehi Reet is my fav song sung by Kishore Kumar, I Love You, Karte Hai Hum Pyaar and other gems are really wonderfulAnil Kapoor in a role supposed to be done by Big B is simply lovable and suits it to the T, he also wears just 1 costume throughout Sridevi is amazing in her role, her pairing with Anil is simply magical Amongst child artists, Aftab, Karan Nath, Ahmed Khan and all are amazing Amrish Puri is simply terrific in a role only he could play, what with those expressions and the booming baritone, he is fab,Annu Kapoor is simply class in the role of a troubled editor Sharat Saxena, Bob Christo, Ajit Vachnani,Harish Patel and rest are good too