which got a lot of love in foreign countries also(countries)

New Delhi. By the end of the year 1982, a Bollywood film was released which everyone loved immensely. Apart from India, the film made a lot of headlines in foreign countries (countries) also. Along with capturing the Indian box office, the film also brought fame to Bollywood by making waves in Russia, Japan and China.

The film we are talking about here was ‘Disco Dancer’. This film was released on 17 December 1982. The film was made on a very modest budget, but everyone was stunned to see its earnings. This film was directed by Babbar Subhash. Mithun Chakraborty was in the lead role in the film. Apart from them, Kim Yashpal, Rajesh Khanna, Om Puri, Geeta Siddharth and Om Shivpuri also did excellent acting.
In this film, Mithun’s dance and Bappi Lahiri’s songs were in the limelight the most. The songs of the film ‘I am a Disco Dancer’ and ‘Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Aaja’ received a lot of love in the country and abroad. Along with this, people went crazy about Mithun’s style and dance. In this film, when Mithun da, clad in golden, shining clothes, used to dance to the disco tunes, girls used to faint and boys used to go crazy. The director of ‘Disco Dancer’ was Babar Shah and its story was written by Rahi Masoom Raza.

‘Disco Dancer’ was the highest grossing film of the year 1982. According to IMBD report, ‘Disco Dancer’ was the country’s first Rs 100 crore film. Someone was able to break this record that year. It is claimed that this film was made for Rs 1.48 crores. Whereas in that year, films like Amitabh Bachchan’s ‘Namak Halal’ and ‘Satte Pe Satta’, Dharmendra’s ‘Samrat’, ‘Rajput’ and Rishi Kapoor’s ‘Prem Rog’ were also released. However, in the end this film of Mithun had collected all the earnings.

It has also been told in the report that after the release of this film, Mithun Chakraborty became a sensation in Russia also. Once the Prime Minister had to cancel his rally because Mithun Chakraborty was coming to Russia and there were not enough people to attend the rally as they all went to the airport to see Mithun Chakraborty.