Ranked #22 of 100
Mr. India
मिस्टर इंडिया · 1987
An orphanage guardian finds an invisibility watch and takes on a cackling supervillain who wants the whole country.
- Director
- Shekhar Kapur
- Year
- 1987
- Genre
- Sci-Fi · Action
- Cast
- Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Amrish Puri
Why it's at number 22
Mogambo. 'Hawa Hawai'. India's best superhero film arrived before anyone called it one.
An orphanage guardian finds an invisibility watch and takes on a cackling supervillain who wants the whole country.
Mr. India sits in the 1980s alongside Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro and Umrao Jaan — a decade this canon treats as formative.
The Bollywood 100The essentials
- Directed by Shekhar Kapur — also responsible for Masoom, Bandit Queen.
- Released in 1987, in the 1980s — see everything else from that decade.
- Filed under Sci-Fi, Action.
- Read more on Wikipedia, check the full crew on IMDb, or find a legal stream via JustWatch.
Film record Wikipedia — Mr. India (1987) · data last revised 9 August 2026 · title, year, director and cast are read from that article; this site keeps no independent print record and does not claim one
Editorial The ranking and the case made for each placement — not a measurement · last revised 9 August 2026 · signed by Amit Sharma · the scoring is published in full so the machinery can be argued with, not just the result
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