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Ranked #99 of 100
Kaala Patthar
काला पत्थर · 1979
A disgraced ship's captain works a coal mine where the owner has ignored every safety warning. Then the water comes.
- Director
- Yash Chopra
- Year
- 1979
- Genre
- Drama · Action
- Cast
- Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Rakhee, Parveen Babi
Why it's at number 99
Written after the Chasnala disaster — the rare star vehicle that is also a labour film.
A disgraced ship's captain works a coal mine where the owner has ignored every safety warning. Then the water comes.
Kaala Patthar sits in the 1970s alongside Sholay and Deewaar — a decade this canon treats as foundational.
The Bollywood 100The essentials
- Directed by Yash Chopra — also responsible for Deewaar, Darr, Kabhi Kabhie.
- Released in 1979, in the 1970s — see everything else from that decade.
- Filed under Drama, Action.
- Read more on Wikipedia, check the full crew on IMDb, or find a legal stream via JustWatch.
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