Hum Paanch (transl. Us Five) is a 1981 Hindi language action film directed by Bapu and produced by Boney Kapoor. The film features an all-star cast including Sanjeev Kumar, Shabana Azmi, Mithun Chakraborty, Deepti Naval, Naseeruddin Shah, Raj Babbar, Uday Chandra, Gulshan Grover (in his film debut) and Amrish Puri. The film was a surprise and big hit at the box office, and the 7th highest-grossing Hindi Film at the domestic box office of the year 1981.
The movie was Boney Kapoor's maiden venture as a producer. A young Anil Kapoor, who is Boney Kapoor's brother, has a cameo appearance. This film is a remake of 1978 Kannada film Paduvaaralli Pandavaru, directed by Puttanna Kanagal which was also remade by Bapu earlier in Telugu as Mana Voori Pandavulu (1978).
Cast
Sanjeev Kumar as Krishna
Shabana Azmi as Sundariya
Mithun Chakraborty as Bheema
Deepti Naval as Lajiya "Lajjo"
Naseeruddin Shah as Suraj
Raj Babbar as Arjun
Uday Chandra as Swaroop
Gulshan Grover as Mahaveer
Aruna Irani as Nishi
Amrish Puri as Thakur Veer Pratap Singh
Anil Kapoor as Aadesh
A. K. Hangal as Pandit
Geeta Siddharth as Veer Pratap's Sister
Roopesh Kumar as Vijay
Kanhaiyalal as Lala Nainsukh Prasad Shrivastav
Kalpana Iyer in song "Aaiye Meherban"
Leena Das in song "Aaiye Meherban"
Phiroza Cooper in song "Aaiye Meherban"
Sujata Bakshi in song "Aaiye Meherban"