Insaniyat (इंसानियत)
Insaniyat (इंसानियत; English: Humanity) is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Tony Juneja and produced by Tito (Titu Juneja) under the Navjeevan Films banner, starring Amitabh Bachchan as a police inspector who persuades two rival gang leaders to join forces against a terrorist.1 • 2 • 3 It is known for pairing Amitabh Bachchan and Sunny Deol on screen for what B4U describes as the only time, and for the posthumous appearances of Nutan and Vinod Mehra, both of whom died before the film reached theaters.3
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | 11 March 1994, Hindi-language, India1 |
| Director / producer | Tony Juneja; producer Tito (Titu Juneja), Navjeevan Films1 • 4 |
| Lead cast | Amitabh Bachchan (SSP Amar Nath Singh), Sunny Deol (Karim Lala), Chunky Pandey (Hariharan), Nutan, Jaya Prada, Raveena Tandon2 |
| Music | Rajesh Roshan; lyrics by Anjaan and Dev Kohli1 |
| Runtime | 172 minutes1 |
| Box office (Box Office India) | Budget ₹42,500,000; India nett ₹57,575,000; worldwide ₹112,131,250; verdict: Flop1 |
| IMDb rating | 3.0/105 |
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Cast and characters
Amitabh Bachchan heads the cast as SSP Amar Nath Singh, an honest police inspector.2 • 8 Sunny Deol plays the gang leader Karim Lala and Chunky Pandey plays the rival gang leader Hariharan.2 The large supporting cast includes Jaya Prada as Champabai/Shalu, Raveena Tandon as Salma, Anupam Kher as the antagonist Brijbhan, Sonam as Hariharan's girlfriend Radha, Prem Chopra as the corrupt police officer Lotaram, Ajit Vachani as a corrupt army general, Alok Nath as Amar's father Haridayal, Pallavi Joshi as Amar's sister Munni, and Tom Alter as British Intelligence, alongside Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Shafi Inamdar, Goga Kapoor, Satyen Kappu, Anjana Mumtaz, and Aruna Irani.2 • 7 Mukesh Khanna serves as the narrator, and the playback singers credited on the soundtrack are Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Shabbir Kumar, and Sudesh Bhosle.7 • 9
Plot
Inspector Amar's investigations establish that Brijbhan is involved in criminal activities and terrorism, with the cooperation of employees in both the police department and the Indian army.1 To build his case, Amar works to end the gang rivalry between Karim Lala and Hariharan and persuades both men to join him in bringing Brijbhan to justice.8 According to the plot summary carried by Rotten Tomatoes, Amar is certain of Brijbhan's involvement in terrorism but lacks the evidence to prove it, which is what drives him to unite the two warring gang leaders.10 The summary continues that Hariharan and Karim Lala openly agree to cooperate while preparing a hidden agenda that will benefit only themselves.8
Production and delayed release
The film was written by Vijay Kaul, with Ramesh Yadav also credited as a writer, and was photographed by Sunil Sharma.2 According to FilmiBeat, the film was scheduled for release in 1991 but was delayed and reached theaters in 1994.6 The Tuli Research Centre records that the film was presented by Bharat Shah and preserves its promotional material, including a song-synopsis booklet, a full sheet poster, and lobby cards.4
Posthumous roles. Veteran actress Nutan and actor Vinod Mehra both died before the film's eventual 1994 release, making Insaniyat a posthumous appearance for each.3 Nutan played Shanti Devi, Amar's mother, and Mehra played Nandu, Amar's brother.7
Box office
Insaniyat opened on 235 screens with what Box Office India calls a record opening day of ₹67,00,000, and it collected ₹18,300,000 over its first weekend and ₹31,800,000 in its first week.1 Despite that start, the film finished as a flop: Box Office India lists a total nett gross of ₹57,575,000 against a budget of ₹4,25,00,000, an India gross of ₹10,51,00,000, overseas gross of $225,000, a worldwide gross of ₹11,21,31,250, and about 11,074,000 footfalls.1 Sacnilk, which compiles its figures from various sources and cautions that they are approximate, reports slightly different totals: an India net of ₹56 million (₹5.60 crore), a worldwide gross of ₹101.4 million (₹10.14 crore), and a budget of ₹40 million (₹4.00 crore), with a verdict of Below Average.11 Its daily breakdown shows opening-day net of ₹6 million (₹0.60 crore), a first-week decline to ₹2.5 million (₹0.25 crore) by day 7, and collections falling to ₹200,000 (₹0.02 crore) by day 35.11
Reception
The film's audience ratings have been low on the aggregators that track it: IMDb shows 3.0/10, and the rating tracker Rating Graph records an average of 3.0/10 from 358 votes.5 • 8 Rotten Tomatoes lists no critic reviews for the film and fewer than 50 audience ratings.10 The film shares its title with two earlier Hindi films, an S.S. Vasan film of 1955 and a Prayag Raj film of 1974, as recorded in the Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema.12
References
- Insaniyat – Movie, Box Office India
- Insaniyat (1994) – Full Cast & Crew, IMDb
- INSANIYAT, B4U Entertainment
- Insaniyat (1994), Tuli Research Centre for India Studies
- Insaniyat (1994), IMDb
- इंसानियत 1994, FilmiBeat Hindi
- Insaniyat Cast List, Bollywood Hungama
- Insaniyat (1994) ratings, Rating Graph
- Insaniyat (1994) Complete Cast & Crew, BollywoodMDB
- Insaniyat, Rotten Tomatoes
- Insaniyat (1994-03-11) – Review, Rating & Box Office Collection, Sacnilk
- Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema, Indiancine.ma
Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Films and standalone screen works › Individual films by title and year › Indian films (individual works) › Hindi films of the 1990s › Action and thriller films › Released 1990 to 1995
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