India / Mar 20, 1980 / U
2h 32min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
An engineer's dream of making the perfect train for Indian Railways is given hope when the company commissions his prototype. After years dedicating himself to his dream, his family has suffered, but now he hopes to make it all up to them with the train's triumphant inaugural journey. However, an embittered fellow employee has other ideas.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Vinod Khanna | Vinod |
| Iftekhar | Railway Board Chairman |
| Simi Garewal | Schoolteacher |
| Navin Nischol | Doctor |
| Sujit Kumar | Police Inspector Ranbir |
| Ranjeet Bedi | Chander |
| Nazir Hussain | Mr. Verma |
| Satyendra Kapoor | Madhu's Father |
| Padma Khanna | |
| Rajendranath Malhotra | Pandit Shambunath |
| Mukri | Kanhaiya |
| Kanwarjeet Paintal | Passenger in toilet |
| Gufi Paintal | Railway Employee |
| Nana Palsikar | Seema's Mother |
| Madan Puri | Ashok's Father |
| Jagdish Raj | Dango |
| Asrani | Col. P.K. Bhandari |
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| Urmila Bhatt | Mrs. Jagmohan |
| Chandrashekhar Vaidya | Railway Board Member |
| T.P. Jain | Train Passenger |
| Padmini Kapila | Ritu |
| Ravindra Kapoor | |
| Khushboo | |
| Manmauji | Train Passenger |
| Mac Mohan | Mac |
| Indrani Mukherjee | Padmini |
| Keshto Mukherjee | Passenger in toilet |
| Yunus Parvez | Maulana Abdul Rahim |
| Payal | Rakesh |
| Asha Sachdev | |
| Shammi | Train Passenger |
| Anil Sharma | |
| Ramesh Sharma | |
| Romesh Sharma | Udesh |
| Om Shivpuri | Rajaram |
| Jennifer Stone | Catholic Passenger |
| Dinesh Thakur | Usman Ali |
| Komilla Wirk | Razia |
| Anand Balraj | |
| Kedarnath Saigal | |
| Uma Dhawan | |
| Sudha Shivpuri | |
| Praveen Sharma | |
| Prem Bedi | |
| Renu Joshi | |
| Shanti | |
| Vijay Sharma | |
| Master Bittoo | |
| Baby Khushboo | |
| Junior Danny | |
| Master Romi | |
| Master Salim | |
| Satyendra Kapoor | |
| Jankidas Mehra | Train Passenger |
Genres
ActionThriller
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | दी बर्निंग ट्रेन |
| Original language | हिन्दी (HI) |
| Spoken languages | हिन्दी |
| Production countries | India |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | United Producers |
| Release date | 20 marzo 1980 |
| Production | B.R. Chopra |
| Writer | Ravi Chopra, Kamleshwar |
| Editing | R.P. Bapat, S.B. Mane, Pran Mehra |
| Cinematography | Dharam Chopra |
| Assistant directors | Ravi Chopra |
| Camera operators | Dharam Chopra |
| Additional photography | Dharam Chopra |
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| Production design | Shanti Das |
| Art direction | Shanti Das |
| Set decoration | Shanti Das |
| Special effects | Gerald Endler |
| Music | Rahul Dev Burman, Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar, Mohammed Rafi, Usha Mangeshkar, Sushma Shreshta, Padmini Kolhapure, Deepan Chatterjee |
| Sound | Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar, Mohammed Rafi, Usha Mangeshkar, Sushma Shreshta, Padmini Kolhapure, Deepan Chatterjee, Rahul Dev Burman |
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