Sharaabi

Old Bollywood movie still of the blockbuster Hindi film, Sharaabi (1984) for sale.

This is an actual surviving solo Bollywood lobby card of the 1984 film that featured the greatest superstar of Indian cinema, Amitabh Bachchan in the lead role.

Printed and circulated during the first release of the film (early 1980s), this original Bollywood movie still was designed and printed for publicity of the film inside a cinema hall.

This is a rare surviving solo Amitabh Bachchan movie still was actually issued to a cinema hall that screened the film Sharaabi, making it highly collectible!

Lobby cards were used as pin ups on notice boards inside the foyers of cinema halls. The corners of this rare surviving Amitabh Bachchan movie still displays visible pin holes – tell tale signs that it was pinned on the notice board of a cinema hall!

This amazing Amitabh Bachchan still has been taken from the unforgettable song, “Inteha Ho Gayi Intezaar Ki.”

Sharaabi (Drunkard) is a 1984 Hindi film produced and directed by Prakash Mehra. This was Prakash Mehra’s last hit and sixth in a row with superstar Amitabh Bachchan, the other five being Zanjeer, Hera Pheri, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, Laawaris and Namak Halaal.

The movie stars Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Prada, Pran, Om Prakash and Ranjeet. The film’s blockbuster music was composed by Bappi Lahiri, for which he bagged several awards. Sharaabi became a silver jubilee “Blockbuster” at the box office and went on to be another mega hit of superstar Amitabh Bachchan. This was also one of Amitabh’s last films before he temporarily gave up acting to venture into politics.

Songs like “Inteha Ho Gayi Intezaar Ki” sung by Kishore Kumar & Asha Bhosle and “De De Pyaar De” by Kishore Kumar became a rage and continue to be played till today.