Sharaabi
| Sharaabi | |
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| Directed by | Prakash Mehra |
| Written by | Kader Khan |
| Screenplay by | Laxmikant Sharma |
| Story by | Prakash Mehra |
| Produced by | Satyendra Pal |
| Starring | Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Prada Pran Om Prakash Deepak Parashar |
| Cinematography | N. Satyen |
| Edited by | J. Adhikari |
| Music by | Bappi Lahiri |
| Distributed by | Prakash Mehra Productions |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹4.5 crore (equivalent to ₹70 crore or US$8.3 million in 2023) |
| Box office | ₹7.6 crore (equivalent to ₹119 crore or US$14 million in 2023) |
Sharaabi (transl. Drunkard) is a 1984 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film produced and directed by Prakash Mehra. This was Mehra's sixth film with Amitabh Bachchan. The dialogues were written by Kadar Khan. During an interview to film expert Rajesh Subramanian filmmaker Prakash Mehra revealed that the father's role was initially offered to Dilip Kumar but after listening to the bound script the thespian refused citing the character had certain negative traits. Eventually the role was offered to Pran.
Sharaabi stars Bachchan and Jaya Prada, with Pran, Om Prakash and Ranjeet. The music was composed by Bappi Lahiri. It became a super hit at the box office.
The film, which was loosely inspired by the 1981 movie Arthur, was remade in Kannada in 1985 as Nee Thanda Kanike.