Sharaabi

"Loosely based on Dudley Moore's 'Arthur'. Amithabh plays a spoilt but generous hearted drunk son of an extremely rich and uncaring father. Om Prakash plays the surrogate father and Jaya Pradha provides the romantic liason."

May 18 1984 N/A 3h 0m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and a peg of brandy instead of a glass milk, Vicky Kapoor, the only son of multi-millionaire industrialist, Amarnath, grows up to be an alcoholic, albeit with a good heart. Amarnath has detached himself completely from Vicky s life, and provides him money in lieu of affection and care, living this to be taken care off by Munshi Phoolchand. Vicky is very resentful of being ignored by his dad in this manner, and leaves no stone unturned to mock and belittle him at every available opportunity. Amarnath hopes to get his son married, but Vicky loves the daughter of a poor blind man, Meena, which is not acceptable to Amarnath. One day Amarnath decides he has had enough and decides to turn Vicky out of his house. He has him sign waivers, and asks him to get out, which Vicky does so. While Vicky is relieved of being freed from his dad s control, the question remains that with no skills at making a living, how is Vicky to survive in a cold-hearted world

Plot

In lieu of love and affections from his multi-millionaire father, Amarnath Kapoor; Vicky is instead serve brandy. Amarnath is interested in materializing his businesses to greater heights leaving the needs of his son to be completed by Munshi Phoolchand thus Vicky grows up to be an alcoholic and utilizes every opportunity to scuffs and insult his father. While Amarnath wants a wealthy spouse for Vicky he is attracted to a poor woman, Meena and decides he will only get marry to her.

Written by

Kader Khan, Prakash Mehra, Laxmikant Sharma

Directed by

Prakash Mehra

Cast

Amitabh Bachchan, Ranjeet Bedi, Bharat Bhushan

Crew

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Production Countries

India

Languages

Awards

2 wins & 4 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
3,345
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA