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The Burning Train
66%
Movie
2h 32m
AI Analysis
The Burning Train (1980) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Burning Train (1980) — a movie tagged as Action and Thriller with tense and epic moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: An engineer's dream of making the perfect train for Indian Railways is given hope when the company commissions his prototype. After years dedicating himself to his dream, his family has suffered, but now he hopes to make it all up to them with the train's triumphant inaugural journey. However, an embittered fellow e… Our models also surface themes such as ai and family from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect steady storytelling (~152 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Burning Train 66% (22 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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from 22 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
An engineer's dream of making the perfect train for Indian Railways is given hope when the company commissions his prototype. After years dedicating himself to his dream, his family has suffered, but now he hopes to make it all up to them with the train's triumphant inaugural journey. However, an embittered fellow employee has other ideas.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1980-03-20
- Runtime
- 2h 32m
- TMDB rating
- 6.6
- TMDB ID
- 168498
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What is The Burning Train about?
An engineer's dream of making the perfect train for Indian Railways is given hope when the company commissions his prototype. After years dedicating himself to his dream, his family has suffered, b... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for The Burning Train?
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How long is the movie The Burning Train?
The official runtime for The Burning Train is approximately 152 minutes.
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Cast

Dharmendra
Ashok

Jeetendra
Ravi

Hema Malini
Seema

Parveen Babi
Sheetal

Vinod Mehra
Rakesh

Danny Denzongpa
Randhir

Neetu Singh
Madhu

Vinod Khanna
Vinod

Iftekhar
Railway Board Chairman

Simi Garewal
Schoolteacher

Navin Nischol
Doctor

Sujit Kumar
Police Inspector Ranbir

Ranjeet Bedi
Chander

Nazir Hussain
Mr. Verma

Satyendra Kapoor
Madhu's Father

Padma Khanna

Rajendranath Malhotra
Pandit Shambunath

Mukri
Kanhaiya
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