80’s Biggest Flop Movie: The era of multi-starrer films has been going on for a long time. Filmmakers experiment by taking many superstars in one film. In such a situation, sometimes it becomes a hit and sometimes it also flops. One such multi-starrer film was released which is liked even today but at that time it flopped badly at the box office.
Yes, we are talking about the 1980 film The Burning Train. This film was directed by Ravi Chopra, son of filmmaker BR Chopra. The film was made with many big actors but the film did not get much response.
How was the box office collection of ‘The Burning Train’?
According to the report of DNA, the budget of the film The Burning Train, directed by Ravi Chopra, was Rs 25 to 30 crores, while the film barely made a box office collection of Rs 6-7 crores.
This is considered to be the biggest flop film of the year 1980. It took about 5 years to make the film because all the star cast were superstars of that time and it was very difficult to get dates for everyone.
How did Indian Railways suffer losses?
According to a report in DNA, in the film The Burning Train, shooting was done in some train manufacturing centres, the burning train was also shown as real in which the Railways had suffered a lot. The government had given permission to the makers to shoot the film because the makers had assured them that their film would be a hit. Later, when this film flopped, the makers compensated the losses of the Railways. Whereas the production did not benefit from the film’s earnings.
Star cast of ‘The Burning Train’
The film The Burning Train, made under the Yash Raj Films and BR Films banner, was directed by Ravi Chopra. This film had superstars like Vinod Khanna, Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Parveen Babi, Neetu Kapoor and Jitendra who had given many hit films in that period. Apart from these, actors like Danny, Vinod Mehra, Asrani, Naveen Nishchal, Madan Pari, Simi Grewal, Ranjeet also worked in the film.
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