Wednesday, 1 July 2026

Sridevi with Mithun Chakraborty in Waqt ki Awaz (1988): Yet another 1980s Bollywood blockbuster





Released on July 1, 1988, Waqt Ki Awaz (The Sound of Time) was a major commercial success at the box-office despite lacklustre reviews and little critical acclaim, becoming the fifth highest-grossing film of 1988. 

With Mithun Chakraborty and Sridevi leading the cast, supported by Moushumi Chatterjee, Kader Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Ranjeet, Gulshan Grover and Asrani, the movie was one of the three blockbusters in the quartet of films Mithun and Sri did together. A remake of the 1986 Telugu film Khaidi Rudraiah, the stars made record collections for film producers at the time as they proved critics irrelevant. The wide chasm between audiences and reviewers... remain!  

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