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{{Infobox film
| name = Abdullah
| image = Abdullah 1980 film poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Sanjay Khan]]
| producer = Asghar Ali Abbas Khan Zarine Khan
| writer = [[Kader Khan]] (dialogues) George Marzbetuny (story)
| starring = [[Raj Kapoor]] [[Sanjay Khan]] [[Zeenat Aman]] [[Danny Denzongpa]]
| narrator =
| music = [[R. D. Burman]]
| cinematography = [[V. Gopi Krishna]]
| editing = [[M. S. Shinde]]
| studio = Zafo Films Private Limited Productions<ref>{{IMDb title|0259170|Abdullah}}</ref>
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1980|08|08|df=y}}
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]] [[Urdu]]
| budget =
| gross = [[#Box office|{{INR}}{{#expr:3.4+11.39}} crore (${{#expr:4.32+11.28}} million)]]
| image_size =
}}

'''''Abdullah''''' is a [[Bollywood films of 1980|1980]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Bollywood]] [[romantic drama]] film that was directed by [[Sanjay Khan]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Christo |first1=Bob |title=Flashback: My Life and Times in Bollywood and Beyond |date=14 May 2011 |publisher=Penguin UK |isbn=978-81-8475-511-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K6pPNH1Tj0wC&q=%22Sanjay%20Khan%22%20-wikipedia&pg=PT117 |language=en}}</ref> The film starred [[Raj Kapoor]], [[Sanjay Khan]], [[Zeenat Aman]] and [[Danny Denzongpa]] in lead roles, with [[Sanjeev Kumar]], [[Madan Puri]], [[Sujit Kumar]], [[Mehmood (actor)|Mehmood]], [[Om Prakash]] and [[Farida Jalal]] in minor roles. The story was written by George Marzbetuny and [[Kader Khan]] wrote the dialogues. It was one of the [[List of most expensive Indian films|most expensive Indian films]] at the time.<ref name="blitz">{{cite journal |title=Qurbani |journal=[[Cine Blitz]] |date=1979 |volume=5 |issue=2 |page=90 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=slIqAAAAYAAJ |publisher=Blitz Publications}}</ref>

==Plot==
In an unspecified Arab country, Khaleel ([[Danny Denzongpa]]) is a dangerous outlaw bringing terror to the land. Sheikh Mohammed Al-Kamal ([[Sanjay Khan]]) is a man of honour, who helps to protect people from harm and is asked by the government to help search for Khaleel. The quest to bring Khaleel to justice becomes a personal one for the Sheikh when his wife Zainab ([[Zeenat Aman]]) is injured during a bungled kidnap attempt by Khaleel.

Abdullah ([[Raj Kapoor]]) is a devout Muslim who lives in a small hut in the middle of the desert, and looks after a well which provides water to thirsty travelers. One day a friend, Ameer ([[Sanjeev Kumar]]), informs him that Khaleel had raided a settlement nearby, killing everyone except for Yashoda ([[Farida Jalal]]), a pregnant woman. Shortly thereafter, Ameer himself is killed, a mortally wounded Yashoda gives birth to a boy, names him Krishna, asks Abdullah to care for him, and passes away. Abdullah overcomes his fears of bringing up a Hindu boy, and looks after Krishna as his own son.

One day Khaleel's magician ([[Bob Christo]]) informs him that he is going to die at the hands of Krishna. Just as [[Krishna|the Hindu deity Krishna]] once slew [[Kamsa|Kansa]], his maternal uncle, so also will Khaleel's life end at this Krishna's hands. Angered by this, Khaleel sets out to kill Krishna. He attacks Abdullah, abducts Krishna and readies to kill the boy to get rid of any threat against him. In response, Abdullah and the Sheikh set out to stop this and to deal with Khaleel once and for all.

==Cast==
*[[Raj Kapoor]] as Abdullah
*[[Sanjay Khan]] as Sheikh Mohammed-Al-Qamaal
*[[Zeenat Aman]] as Zainab (Sheikh Mohammed's wife)
*[[Danny Denzongpa]] as Khaleel
*[[Sujit Kumar]] as Jamaal
*[[Mehmood (actor)|Mehmood]] as Ahmed
*[[Om Prakash]] as Hindu Priest
*[[Sanjeev Kumar]] as Ameer (Special Appearance)
*[[Madan Puri]] as Military Commander
*[[Kader Khan]] as Military Officer
*[[Farida Jalal]] as Yashoda
*[[Rajeev Bhatia]] as Krishna
*[[Nazir Hussain]] as Blind Man
*[[Bob Christo]] as A Magician In The Employ of Khaleel
*[[Helen (actress)|Helen]] as [[item number|Item Dancer]]

==Soundtrack==
Lyrics written by [[Anand Bakshi]].
{|class="wikitable"
! Song !! Singer
|-
| "Om Jai Jagdish Hare"
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|-
| "Jashn-E-Bahaara"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
| "Bheega Badan Jalne Laga"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
| "Maine Poochha Chand Se"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| "Ae Khuda, Har Faisla Tera"
| [[Kishore Kumar]]
|-
| "Lallah, Allah Tera Nigahbaan"
| [[Manna Dey]]
|-
| "Dance Music"
| [[R. D. Burman]]
|-
|}

==Box office==
''Abdullah'' grossed [[Indian rupee|{{INR}}]]3.4 [[crore]] at the domestic Indian box office, making it 1980's 17th highest-grossing film in India. However, the film's performance at the domestic box office was deemed below average.<ref name=Boxoffice>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=186&catName=MTk4MA== |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005061223/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=186&catName=MTk4MA== |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 October 2013 |title=Box Office 1980 |publisher=[[Box Office India]] |access-date=11 June 2012}}</ref> Its domestic Indian gross is equivalent to [[US$]]4.32 million in 1980, or US${{Inflation|US|4.32|1980}} million ({{INR}}87 crore) in 2016.{{#tag:ref|''Abdullah'': {{INR}}{{#expr:3.4+11.39}} crore or US${{#expr:4.32+11.28}} million by 1983 ({{INR}}{{#expr:87+181}} crore or US${{#expr:13+27}} million in 2016)
*India: {{INR}}3.4 crore<ref name=Boxoffice/> (US$4.32 million){{#tag:ref|7.8629 [[Indian rupee]]s per [[US dollar]] in 1980<ref name="sauder">http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=3</ref>|group=n}} in 1980 (US${{Inflation|US|4.32|1980}} million ({{INR}}87 crore)<ref name="exchange16">{{Cite web |url=https://www.ofx.com/en-gb/forex-news/historical-exchange-rates/yearly-average-rates/ |title=67.175856 INR per USD in 2016 |access-date=6 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713183556/https://www.ofx.com/en-gb/forex-news/historical-exchange-rates/yearly-average-rates/ |archive-date=13 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in 2016)
*Soviet Union: 7.975 million [[Soviet ruble|SUR]]{{#tag:ref|31.9 million Soviet tickets sold,<ref name="soviet"/> average ticket price of 25 [[Soviet ruble|kopecks]]<ref name="moscow7">[https://is.muni.cz/el/1421/podzim2015/FAV291/um/Roth-Ey-Moscow_Prime_Time.pdf#page=7 ''Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War'', page 48], [[Cornell University Press]], 2011</ref>|group=n}} (US$11.28 million,{{#tag:ref|0.707 [[Soviet ruble]]s per US dollar in 1983<ref name="russia">Archive of Bank of Russia http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls</ref>|group=n|name=RubleUSD}} {{INR}}11.39 crore){{#tag:ref|10.0989 Indian rupees per US dollar in 1983<ref name="sauder">http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=3</ref>|group=n}} in 1983<ref name="soviet"/> (US${{Inflation|US|11.28|1983}} million or {{INR}}181 crore<ref name="exchange16"/> in 2016)
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Despite under-performing at the domestic Indian box office, the film became an [[List of highest-grossing Indian films in overseas markets|overseas blockbuster]] at the [[List of Soviet films of the year by ticket sales|Soviet box office]], due to Raj Kapoor's popularity in the [[Soviet Union]]. It drew an audience of 31.9 million Soviet viewers in 1983, the highest for an Indian film that year, making it one of the top 30 most popular Indian films in the Soviet Union.<ref name="soviet">{{cite web|url=http://kinanet.livejournal.com/1469857.html|title=Зарубежные популярные фильмы в советском кинопрокате (Индия)|author=Sergey Kudryavtsev|author-link=Sergey Kudryavtsev (film critic)}}</ref> The film's Soviet gross amounted to 7.975 million [[Soviet ruble|SUR]], equivalent to US$11.28 million ({{INR}}11.39 crore) in 1983, or US${{Inflation|US|11.28|1983}} million ({{INR}}181 crore) in 2016.<ref group="n" name="Abdullah"/>

Worldwide, ''Abdullah'' grossed US${{#expr:4.32+11.28}} million ({{INR}}{{#expr:3.4+11.39}} crore) by 1983, equivalent to US${{#expr:13+27}} million ({{INR}}{{#expr:87+181}} crore) in 2016.<ref group="n" name="Abdullah"/>

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0259170|Abdullah}}

[[Category:Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by R. D. Burman]]
[[Category:1980 films]]
[[Category:1980s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]
[[Category:Films set in Asia]]

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