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Disco Dancer
“Come, sing, and conquer.”
19825.92h 14m
Overview
Street singer Anil is humiliated and—with his mother—driven out of Bombay. He soon becomes an acclaimed performer but the enemies from his past plot to destroy his hard-earned career.
Directed by Babbar Subhash
Written by Deepak Balraj Vij, Rahi Masoom Raza
Produced by Babbar Subhash
Box Office0Revenue: $106.0M
Top Cast
Mithun Chakraborty
Anil / Jimmy
Kim
Rita Oberoi
Rajesh Khanna
Master Raju
Om Puri
David Brown
Gita Siddharth
Radha
Om Shivpuri
P.N. Oberoi
Karan Razdan
Sam Oberoi
Kalpana Iyer
Nikki Brown
Bob Christo
International Hit-man
Y
Yusuf Khan
Vasco
Themes & Keywords
mumbai (bombay), indiamusicalunintentional comedystreet performerbollywood
About Disco Dancer
Disco Dancer is a music, drama film released in 1982 exploring themes of mumbai (bombay), india, musical, unintentional comedy, street performer, bollywood. Directed by Babbar Subhash, it stars Mithun Chakraborty, Kim, Rajesh Khanna. Street singer Anil is humiliated and—with his mother—driven out of Bombay. He soon becomes an acclaimed performer but the enemies from his past plot to destroy his hard-earned career.
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