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Clerk

  • 1989
  • 2h 45m
IMDb RATING
2.4/10
177
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Clerk (1989)
ActionCrimeDramaRomance

A poor but honest clerk, burdened by his family's dependence on him, sells state secrets to a traitorous businessman in exchange for wealth.A poor but honest clerk, burdened by his family's dependence on him, sells state secrets to a traitorous businessman in exchange for wealth.A poor but honest clerk, burdened by his family's dependence on him, sells state secrets to a traitorous businessman in exchange for wealth.

  • Director
    • Manoj Kumar
  • Writers
    • Dawood Kashmiri
    • Manoj Kumar
  • Stars
    • Manoj Kumar
    • Ashok Kumar
    • Rajendra Kumar Tuli
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    2.4/10
    177
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Manoj Kumar
    • Writers
      • Dawood Kashmiri
      • Manoj Kumar
    • Stars
      • Manoj Kumar
      • Ashok Kumar
      • Rajendra Kumar Tuli
    • 11User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Manoj Kumar
    Manoj Kumar
    • Bharat
    Ashok Kumar
    Ashok Kumar
    • Satyapati
    Rajendra Kumar Tuli
    Rajendra Kumar Tuli
    • Rahim U. Khan
    • (as Rajendra Kumar)
    Rekha
    Rekha
    • Sneh V. Kapoor
    Anita Raj
    Anita Raj
    • Pooja
    Mohammad Ali
    Mohammad Ali
    • Ram
    Zeba
    • Rukmini
    • (as Zeba Ali)
    Rajiv Goswami
    • Balram
    Sonu Walia
    Sonu Walia
    • Sonu
    Prem Chopra
    Prem Chopra
    • Sadhuram
    Satish Shah
    Satish Shah
    • B.M. Sharma
    Sonika Gill
    Sonika Gill
    • Tulsi
    Rahul
    • Dalbeer - Goon who molests Tulsi
    Om Shivpuri
    Om Shivpuri
    • General Jindal
    Dina Pathak
    Dina Pathak
    • Kaushalya
    • (as Deena Pathak)
    Urmila Bhatt
    Urmila Bhatt
    • Geeta
    Chandrashekhar Vaidya
    Chandrashekhar Vaidya
    • Chief of Intellegence
    • (as Chandra Shekhar)
    Rajendranath Malhotra
    Rajendranath Malhotra
    • S.P. Lal
    • (as Rajendra Nath)
    • Director
      • Manoj Kumar
    • Writers
      • Dawood Kashmiri
      • Manoj Kumar
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    User reviews11

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    1mehtarohit87

    A comic masterpiece?

    If Manoj Kumar intended this to be a comedy, he couldn't have done a better job. This movie, in all aspects, may it be the cinematography, direction, music, acting or the classic dialogs, is so bad that it actually goes round the globe to be awesome.

    It is hilarious and every time I watch it with my friends, we laugh so hard that we pee our pants a bit. Every single scene and every minute detail in this movie is awfully worked at and badly directed. This is the epitome of self-indulgence. Manoj Kumar is so obsessed with his style of film-making that he has no clue how horrible he has become. This is, undoubtedly, my favorite comedy, ever.
    1priyodit

    Terrible Potboiler

    I don't want to be too critical about this movie. There's nothing to be critical at all.

    This movie has Manoj Kumar as a clerk, the main protagonist. And this movie is full of comedy ( and yes, I'm being caustic!) and awful scenes. The sequences are obnoxiously written and there's nothing much to do, or say. For example, the scene where Ashok Kumar gets a heart attack, Manoj Kumar plays a patriotic number, and lo and behold! he springs up and starts marching!

    Action scenes, are, as if copied from superman, as people keep on flying in the air defying the gravity, and amidst all these flying people, our brave Clerk is fighting against the villains with a machine gun (read Lego Toy Gun!) in his hand.

    Bottom Line: Please do watch this movie.... Its one of its kind!
    1unclewalker

    Plan 9 From Bollywood

    (0/2)The story is going nowhere.It's like all masala movies mix into one to make a khichdi.Patriotism,romance,youth rebel,terrorism,action, and what not.

    (0/2)All the actors in this movies are veterans and best in the business.Manoj Kumar,Ashok Kumar,Rajendra Kumar,Shashi Kapoor,Prem Chopra,Rekha.But the talent of all these legends is flushed down thanks to the stupid story and (mis-)direction.

    (0/2)What the devil is wrong with Manoj Kumar?One of the best director Indian movie has ever seen has wasted his time in this movie.

    (0/2)Music of this movie is ridiculous."Aaj 15 August hai" is gibberish of them all.

    (1/2)This movie will down in the history as the best unintended comedy film .You won't be able to stop yourself from bursting out in laughter.This movie-is-so-bad-it's-good.
    1neepun

    Manoj Kumar lose his touch

    This movie sadly shows that Manoj Kumar is loosing it. After making beautiful movies like "Shor" and "Upkaar", one wonders what he was thinking when he made this movie. All the big stars that agreed to be part of this movie, just proves how they did out of respect, otherwise why would Shashi Kapoor, Rekha, and Ashok Kumar choose such a bad scripted movie. As someone else already said, if you are looking for a comedy, this is one, despite the fact that it's supposed to be a serious, patriotic flick. Even the soundtrack for Manoj Kumar's movies normally have memorable lyrics and tunes. There is nothing that sticks out for this one. It's too bad that the once great director and story-teller, didn't realize that his script was flawed and just decided to be graceful and not make this movie.
    10calvinstrikes

    Movie so bad that it is actually makes you laugh

    Clerk is one of the most hilarious movies I have watched. It was a benchmark in movie making before Gunda released.

    It is just amazing to see how someone can get every aspect of movie making so wrong. The Story, Casting, Music, Lyrics, Direction, Acting, Dialogues, Editing, Production value.. I could be missing a few aspects but in short everything is just bad. The end result is just a movie so bad that it's unbelievably funny.

    If you love Ham movies, this cringefest should be on the top of your list.

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    • Trivia
      Manoj Kumar decided to make modern Roti Kapda Aur Makan and also got a Pakistani actor for his brothers role and plot was almost similar to the earlier film which was super duper hit and this took years in making and was super duper duper flop.
    • Soundtracks
      Chup chup janab aap rahetey hain
      Sung by Lata Mangeshkar, Nitin Mukesh

      Lyrics by Manoj Kumar

      Music by Uttam Jagdish

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    • Release date
      • March 27, 1989 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Language
      • Hindi
    • Filming locations
      • India
    • Production company
      • V.I.P. Films
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    • Runtime
      • 2h 45m(165 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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