Superman (1987 film)

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Superman
Directed byB. Gupta
Written byB. Gupta
Based on
Superman (1978)
by
Produced byB. Gupta
Starring Puneet Issar
Preeti Ganguli
Bob Christo
Sonia Sahni
Ranjeeta Kaur
Urmila Bhatt
Dharmendra
Edited byGyan Shiv
Music byKamalkant
Production
company
Fine Art Pictures
Release date
  • 29 May 1987 (1987-05-29)(India)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Superman is a 1987 Indian Hindi-language superhero film produced and directed by B. Gupta. [1] The film stars Dharmendra, Puneet Issar, Sonia Sahni and Ranjeeta Kaur. Issar plays the role of Superman. [2] [3] It is the unofficial Indian adaptation of 1978 American film of the same name. [4]

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Cast

Soundtrack

  1. "Kankari Jhade Paon Mein" - Anuradha Paudwal
  2. "Maine Maana Tumhi Ho" - Anuradha Paudwal
  3. "Puchho Na Kya Mujhe" - Chandrani Mukherjee
  4. "Tujhe Paani Pila Ke Maarenge" - Chandrani Mukherjee, Shabbir Kumar
  5. "Raat Ho To Aisi Ho Mastani" - Alka Yagnik

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