62-400: Ghakhar may refer to: Gakhars , a clan predominantly in present-day Punjab, Pakistan. Ghakhar Mandi , a small city in northeastern Punjab, Pakistan Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Gakhar . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
124-720: A Bond girl in the film. Octopussy is also the first film to feature Robert Brown as M, following the death of Bernard Lee in 1981. Brown was recommended by Moore, who had known him since both worked in the series Ivanhoe . Brown had previously played Admiral Hargreaves in The Spy Who Loved Me , six years earlier. The first actor to be cast in the film was Vijay Amritraj , a popular Indian professional tennis player whom Broccoli met while watching The Championships in Wimbledon . His character of Bond's ally in India
186-430: A computer lab." Having collapsible wings, the plane was shown hidden in a horse trailer; however, a dummy was used for this shot. Filming inside the hangar was achieved by attaching the aircraft to an old Jaguar car with a steel pole, driving with the roof removed. The second unit were able to add enough obstacles including people and objects inside the hangar to hide the car and the pole and make it look as though Moore
248-459: A desire to retire from the role of James Bond. His original contract had been for three films ( Live and Let Die in 1973, The Man with the Golden Gun in 1974 and The Spy Who Loved Me in 1977) which was fulfilled. Moore's following two films ( Moonraker in 1979 and For Your Eyes Only in 1981) were negotiated on a film-by-film basis. Given his reluctance to return for Octopussy ,
310-491: A marketplace. Later, Khan's associate Magda seduces Bond. Bond allows Magda to steal the real Fabergé egg, which is fitted with Q's listening and tracking device. Gobinda knocks Bond unconscious and takes him to Khan's palace. After Bond escapes, he listens in on the bug and discovers that Khan works with Orlov, a corrupt Soviet general seeking to defy his superiors and expand Soviet domination to Western Europe. Orlov has been supplying Khan with priceless Soviet treasures stolen from
372-410: A moment ...Bond has now become almost totally absurdist, a parody of a parody. The film effectively disarms criticism, except that one might wish for the public to flock to something other than the technically ambitious." On Rotten Tomatoes , the film has an approval rating of 42% based on 50 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads: "Despite a couple of electrifying action sequences, Octopussy
434-648: A motorbike chase set at the Isle of Man TT , but still retained moments that producer Albert R. Broccoli had first criticized, where Bond dressed as a gorilla and later, a clown. The film was rewritten to focus on jewellery smuggling after a scandal in the Soviet Union involving General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev 's son-in-law in which the Moscow State Circus was being used to smuggle jewellery. Following For Your Eyes Only , Roger Moore had expressed
496-433: A nuclear weapon. Octopussy was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and executive produced by Michael G. Wilson ; it was released four months before the non- Eon Bond film Never Say Never Again . The film earned $ 187.5 million against its $ 27.5 million budget and received mixed reviews. Praise was directed towards the action sequences and locations, with the plot and humour being targeted for criticism; Adams's portrayal of
558-479: A result Shēr Shāh led an expedition against Sārang Khān who was defeated and executed. His tomb is in Rawāt . Sārang Khān's brother, Ādam Khān succeeded him. In 1552, Humāyūn's rebel brother prince Kamrān sought shelter with Ādam Khān but he was betrayed and given up to Humāyūn, who rewarded Ādam Khān with the insignia of nobility for the treachery. In 1555, Ādam Khān was defeated and killed by his nephew Kamāl Khān ,
620-550: A short story in Ian Fleming 's 1966 short story collection Octopussy and The Living Daylights , although the film's plot is mostly original. It does, however, contain a scene adapted from the Fleming short story "The Property of a Lady" (included in 1967 and later editions of Octopussy and The Living Daylights ). The events of the short story "Octopussy" form part of the title character's background and are recounted by her in
682-436: A smug stiff. In Octopussy Moore relaxes a bit and, just as important, his role is subordinated to the film's many and extremely exciting action scenes. Octopussy has the most sustained excitement in a Bond film since You Only Live Twice ." However, he felt that the character Octopussy was detrimental to the film and the action "blunts a script that is weak on characterization and long on male chauvinism". Variety felt
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#1732773128909744-679: A son of Sārang Khān, possibly on the instigation by emperor Akbar to strengthen his hold over the Gakhars. Further a daughter of Kamāl Khān's brother, Sayd Khān was married to prince Salim . In the early 18th century, Gakhars gained independence from Mughals. They controlled major regions of Potohar between Jhelum and Indus , including Rawalpindi , Pharwala , Gujar Khan , Kahuta , Fatehjang and Rohtas . The notable Gakhar chief Muqarrab Khan conquered cities of Gujrat and Jhelum in 1740. He issued his own coins in which he claimed to be ruler of tract between Attock and Chenab . He defeated
806-470: Is a formulaic, anachronistic Bond outing." Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 63 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. James Berardinelli said that the movie was long and confusing, and strongly criticised Steven Berkoff 's performance, describing it as "offensively bad" and the worst performance of any Bond villain. A particular point of contention are comedic scenes where Bond
868-660: Is a historical Punjabi Muslim tribe with origins in the northern Punjab , Pakistan . The Gakhars now predominantly follow Islam after conversion from Zoroastrianism during the Islamic rule in Punjab . In the Muslim historiography, the Gakhars have been frequently confused with the Khokhars , who inhabited the same region, and it has been challenging to separate the events of both tribes. Gakhars formed an important part of
930-552: Is dressed in a clown costume, a gorilla outfit and doing a Tarzan yell during a jungle chase. As a result, it frequently ranks low in rankings of James Bond films, such as the ones by Entertainment Weekly , MSN , and IGN . C. J. Henderson reviewed Octopussy in The Space Gamer magazine, writing "there isn't a moment in the movie when we worry for the slightest instant that anything could happen to suave ol' James. Predictably, it doesn't. To kill Bond would be to lose
992-405: Is listed in the auction catalogue as being " The Property of a Lady ", which is the name of one of Ian Fleming's short stories released in more recent editions of the collection Octopussy and The Living Daylights . In a bit of diegesis that "breaks the fourth wall ", Vijay signals his affiliation to MI6 by playing the " James Bond Theme " on a recorder while Bond is disembarking from a boat in
1054-572: The Ranjit Singh's invasions. Kamal Khan Octopussy is a 1983 spy film and the thirteenth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions . It is the sixth to star Roger Moore as the MI6 agent James Bond . It was directed by John Glen and the screenplay was written by George MacDonald Fraser , Richard Maibaum and Michael G. Wilson . The film's title is taken from
1116-541: The Delhi Sultanate. Babūr seized Gakhar fortress of Phaŕwāla and Hātī Khān fled, but when Hātī Khān offered his submission to Babūr and provided supplies for the Mughal army, he compensated Hātī Khān well and conferred on him the title of Sultan. During the reign of Humāyūn , Sulṭān Sārang Khān gained much prominence. He refused to acknowledge Shēr Shāh Sūr as new emperor when the latter defeated Humāyūn, as
1178-553: The Kremlin art expert; Eva Rueber-Staier as Rublevitch, Gogol's secretary; Jeremy Bulloch as Smithers, Q's assistant; Richard LeParmentier as General Peterson's aide; and Gabor Vernon as Borchoi. Ingrid Pitt has an uncredited voice cameo as Octopussy's galley mistress. Despite financial problems at United Artists after the release of Michael Cimino 's Heaven's Gate , the studio greenlit another James Bond film to be produced and released in 1983. In May 1981, one month after
1240-560: The Kremlin, replacing them with counterfeits while Khan has been smuggling the genuine objects into the West via Octopussy's circus troupe. Bond infiltrates a floating palace in Udaipur and meets its owner, Octopussy, a wealthy businesswoman, smuggler and Khan's associate. She also leads the Octopus cult, of which Magda is a member. Octopussy has a personal connection with Bond: her father is
1302-792: The Prince and Princess of Wales in attendance. The film earned slightly less than For Your Eyes Only , but still grossed $ 187.5 million, with $ 67.8 million in the United States and Canada. In the United Kingdom, the film grossed £8.3 million ($ 14.9 million). Other large international grosses include $ 15.7 million in Germany, $ 15.1 million in Japan and $ 9.1 million in France. The film also performed better than Never Say Never Again ,
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#17327731289091364-651: The Yusafzai Afghans and Jang Kuli Khan of Khattak and overran as far north as Bhimber. However, the Bhangi misl under Sardar Milka Singh forced him to give up control of Gujarat in 1765 and he returned to Jehlum. In 1769 he was treacherously captured and put to death by a rival chief, Himmat Khan of Bugial clan. Ultimately Sikhs conquered Rawalpindi too in 1767 and Gakhars were left with only Phurwala and Jhelum under their control. Muqarrab's son succeeded to his dominions, until Jhelum (1810) and Pharwala (1818) fell to
1426-418: The announcement, UA was purchased and merged into Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . Michael G. Wilson , Richard Maibaum , and George MacDonald Fraser were hired to write a film based on short stories from Ian Fleming's posthumous collection Octopussy and The Living Daylights . Little of the plot of the short story "Octopussy" is used, however, with its events simply related by Bond as the family backstory for one of
1488-535: The army of Shāhis of Gandhāra . Around 30,000 Gakhars fought against Maḥmūd of Ghazna in 1008 CE near Peshawar but were defeated. By the time of Sultan Muʿizz al-Dīn Muḥammad Ghūrī Gakhars had converted to Islam. In the following centuries, Gakhars engaged in a long-running struggle for sovereignty over the Salt Range with the neighbouring tribes: The history of this region (the Salt Range) from
1550-487: The belief that the bomb belonged to the US and was detonated at the airbase accidentally, which would, in turn, leave the unprotected borders open to a Soviet invasion. Bond takes Orlov's car, drives it along the railway tracks and boards the moving circus train. Orlov gives chase, but is killed by border guards after he tries to rush a checkpoint. Bond kills Mischka and Grischka to avenge the murder of 009, and after falling from
1612-399: The calibre of Dr. No , Goldfinger , or Blofeld . Also, the filmmakers make the mistake of demeaning Bond by having him swing through the trees and emitting a Tarzan cry and having him hide in a gorilla suit and later disguise himself as a clown (who all the kids at the circus laugh at). It's as if they're trying to remind us that everything is tongue-in-cheek, but that makes little sense, for
1674-556: The circus is scheduled to perform, whilst back in Moscow, General Gogol begins to pursue Orlov when the counterfeit jewels are discovered. Travelling to East Germany, Bond infiltrates the circus and discovers that Orlov has replaced the jewels with a nuclear warhead, primed to explode during the circus performance at a United States Air Force base in West Germany . The explosion would cause Europe to seek unilateral disarmament in
1736-570: The city included Spandau Prison , the Brandenburg Gate , and Potsdamer Platz . Principal photography was done by Arthur Wooster and his second unit, who later filmed the knife-throwing scenes. Filming in India began on 12 September 1982 in Udaipur , Rajasthan . The Monsoon Palace served as the exterior of Kamal Khan's palace, while scenes set at Octopussy's palace were filmed at the Lake Palace and Jag Mandir , and Bond's hotel
1798-479: The country for his novel Flashman . Fraser was hired to work on an early draft of the script and he proposed that the story be set in India , as the series had not yet visited said country. The first draft was delivered shortly after the release of For Your Eyes Only , whose writers Michael G. Wilson and Richard Maibaum went on to rework the script. They discarded his idea for the opening sequence, featuring
1860-427: The crew as well as Roger Moore had diet problems while shooting in India. The pre-title sequence has a scene where Bond flies a nimble homebuilt Bede BD-5J aircraft through an open hangar. Hollywood stunt pilot and aerial co-ordinator J. W. "Corkey" Fornof, who piloted the aircraft at more than 150 miles per hour (240 km/h), has said, "Today, few directors would consider such a stunt. They'd just whip it up in
1922-566: The film is much more serious than typical Bond outings – in fact, it recalls the tone of From Russia with Love ." In 2006, Fandango ranked the character Octopussy as one of the top-10 Bond girls , and described her as "a powerful, impressive woman". Entertainment Weekly , however, ranked her as the 10th-worst Bond girl in one list in 2006 but as the best "babe" of the Roger Moore James Bond films in another list in 2008. A poll by Bond fans in 2008 elected Octopussy as
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1984-692: The film's strong points were "the spectacular aerial stuntwork marking both the pre-credits teaser and extremely dangerous-looking climax. The rest of the action scenes are well-executed but suffer from a sense of deja vu, as in a speeding train that recalls Sean Connery's derring-do in The Great Train Robbery ". Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times felt the film proved "to be business as usual, no better or worse than most of its predecessors. After all this time, it's amazing that
2046-477: The film's title. "All Time High" spent four weeks at number one on the United States' Adult Contemporary singles chart and reached number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100 . The soundtrack album was released in 1985 by A&M Records ; the compact disc version of this release was recalled due to a colour printing error which omitted the credits from the album cover, making it a rare collector's item. In 1997,
2108-465: The film. In Octopussy , Bond is assigned the task of following a megalomaniacal Soviet general ( Steven Berkoff ) who is stealing jewellery and art objects from the Kremlin art repository. This leads Bond to a wealthy exiled Afghan prince, Kamal Khan ( Louis Jourdan ), and his associate, Octopussy ( Maud Adams ), and the discovery of a plot to force disarmament in Western Europe with the use of
2170-433: The grounds. Octopussy attempts to kill Khan, but is captured by Gobinda. While Octopussy's team, led by Magda, overpowers Khan's guards, Khan and Gobinda abandon the palace, taking Octopussy as a hostage. As they attempt to escape in their airplane, Bond clings to the fuselage and disables an engine and the elevator panel. Struggling with Bond, Gobinda falls to his death from the plane's roof, and Bond and Octopussy jump off
2232-535: The harbour near the City Palace. Like his fictional counterpart, the real Vijay had a distinct fear of snakes and found it difficult to hold the basket during filming. After being absent in For Your Eyes Only due to tax problems, John Barry returned to do his ninth Bond score. Barry made frequent references to the "James Bond Theme" to reinforce Octopussy as the official Bond film, given that
2294-519: The late Major Dexter-Smythe, whom Bond arrested for treason. Octopussy thanks Bond for allowing the Major to commit suicide rather than face trial, and invites Bond to be her guest. Khan's assassins break into the palace to kill Bond, but Bond and Octopussy thwart them. Bond learns from Q that the assassins have killed Vijay. Orlov is planning to meet Khan at Karl-Marx-Stadt in East Germany , where
2356-423: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gakhar&oldid=1007839724 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Gakhars The Gakhar ( Punjabi : گاکھر , romanized: Gakkhaŕ )
2418-455: The main characters. The scene at Sotheby's is, though, adapted from the short story " The Property of a Lady " (included in 1967 and later editions of the collection), while Kamal Khan's reaction following the backgammon game is taken from Fleming's novel Moonraker . After initially intending the film to be set in Japan , Fraser chose India as the setting because of his extensive research on
2480-486: The most bankable genre character ever brought to the movies." By contrast, the elegance of the film locations in India, and the stunts on the aircraft and train were appreciated. GQ writer David Williams said Octopussy was "one of the best 'Bad Films' of the franchise", praising the entertaining characters but finding the silliness and Moore's advanced age problematic. Danny Peary wrote that Octopussy "has slow spots, little humour, and villains who aren't nearly of
2542-565: The motif could not be featured in Never Say Never Again , and opted to include only subtle references to the music of India , avoiding instruments such as the sitar for feeling that authentic music "didn't work dramatically". He also wrote opening theme " All Time High " with lyricist Tim Rice . "All Time High", sung by Rita Coolidge , is one of seven musical themes in the James Bond series whose song titles do not refer to
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2604-563: The non-Eon Bond remake of Thunderball which was released a few months later and grossed $ 55 million in the United States and Canada. At the 11th Saturn Awards , Maud Adams was nominated for Best Supporting Actress . The film won the Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing . In Germany, it won the Golden Screen Award for selling over 3 million tickets. Gary Arnold of The Washington Post felt Octopussy
2666-486: The only two Indians in predominantly white Hollywood, Persis Khambatta and Susie Coelho . Afterward, she auditioned white actresses, like Barbara Parkins and Kathleen Turner , who she felt could pass for Indian. Finally, Broccoli announced to her that Octopussy would be portrayed by Swedish-born Maud Adams, who had been a Bond girl in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), and had been recently used by Eon to screen test
2728-495: The plane onto a nearby cliff only seconds before the plane crashes into a mountain, killing Khan instantly. While the Minister of Defence and Gogol discuss the return of the stolen jewels to the Kremlin, Bond recuperates with Octopussy aboard her private galley in India. Other actors in smaller roles include Andy Bradford as MI6 agent 009, Dermot Crowley as Lieutenant Kamp, Orlov's nuclear weapons expert; Peter Porteous as Lenkin,
2790-523: The potential Bonds. To acknowledge the nationality, Adams had her hair darkened, and a few lines were added about how she was raised by an Indian family. A different plotline, with Adams's British father exposed as a traitor, was used instead. The role of Magda went to another Swedish actress, Kristina Wayborn , who gained the attention of producers with her portrayal of Greta Garbo in the TV miniseries The Silent Lovers . Pam Grier turned down an offer to play
2852-415: The producers engaged in a semi-public quest for the next Bond, with Timothy Dalton and Lewis Collins being suggested as a replacement and screen tests carried out with Michael Billington , Oliver Tobias , and American actor James Brolin . However, when rival Bond production Never Say Never Again was announced with former Bond Sean Connery playing Bond, the producers persuaded Moore to continue in
2914-451: The role as it was thought the established actor would fare better against Connery. It has been reported that Brolin had actually been hired and was on the point of moving to London to begin work on Octopussy , while Broccoli refused to dispute Tobias's public statements that he was about to be cast as Bond. Sybil Danning was announced in Prevue magazine in 1982 as being Octopussy, but
2976-415: The same old formula still plays: the gadgetry, gorgeous girls, travelogue locales and the shameless double-entendres—in this instance, octo-entendres." Richard Corliss of Time magazine negatively reviewed Moore's performance, writing he has "degenerated [Bond] into a male model, and something of a genial anachronism." Derek Malcolm of The Guardian wrote the film "doesn't treat itself seriously for
3038-411: The scene – carried on doing the scene longer than he should have, due to a miscommunication with the second unit director, and the train entered a section of the track which the team had not properly surveyed. Shortly afterwards, a concrete pole fractured Grace's left leg. The cyclist seen passing in the middle of a sword fight during the baby taxi chase sequence was in fact a bystander who passed through
3100-417: The seller. At the auction, Bond swaps the fake egg for the real one and subsequently engages in a bidding war with an exiled Afghan prince named Kamal Khan, forcing Khan to pay £500,000 for the counterfeit. Bond follows Khan to his palace in India . Bond defeats Khan in a game of backgammon using Khan's loaded dice. Then Bond and his MI6 contact, Vijay, escape Khan's bodyguard Gobinda in a taxi chase through
3162-469: The shot, oblivious to the filming; his intrusion was captured by two cameras and left in the final film. Cameraman Alan Hume's last scene was that of Octopussy's followers rowing. That day, little time was left and it was decided to film the sunset at the eleventh hour. The Fabergé egg in the film is based on a real one, made in 1897 and which was called the Coronation Egg . The egg in the film
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#17327731289093224-520: The soundtrack was re-issued by Rykodisc , with the original soundtrack music and some film dialogue, on an Enhanced CD version. The 2003 release, by EMI , restored the original soundtrack music without dialogue. Octopussy was the first Bond film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , which had absorbed United Artists , the previous distributor of Eon Bond films. Octopussy premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square on 6 June 1983, with
3286-566: The tenth-worst Bond Girl. Yahoo! Movies included the character in a 2012 list of the best Bond girl names, commenting: "This Bond girl moniker was so good, they named the film after her!" Octopussy premiered in North America on The ABC Sunday Night Movie on February 2, 1986. It placed third in its time period with a Nielsen Media Research household rating of 17.4, a 29% audience share, and approximately 25 million viewers. The movie started 18 minutes late due to an overrun earlier in
3348-720: The thirteenth century onward had been a sickening record of wars between various dominant landowning and ruling clans of Punjabi Muslims including the Janjuas , Gakhars, Thathals and Bhattis for political ascendancy. For a period, Gakhars were superseded by the Khokhars who under their chieftain Jasrat gained control of most of upper Punjab in the 15th century. However, by the time of Mughal emperor Bābur 's invasion of subcontinent, Gakhars had regained power. Under their chief Hātī Khān, Gakhars attacked Babūr in 1525 when he marched against
3410-618: The titular character also drew polarised responses. After an encounter with knife-throwing twin assassins Mischka and Grishka in East Berlin , mortally wounded British agent 009, dressed as a circus clown and carrying a counterfeit Fabergé egg , stumbles into the British ambassador's residence and dies. MI6 immediately suspects Soviet involvement and, after the genuine Fabergé egg is to be auctioned in London, sends James Bond to identify
3472-665: The train, hitch-hikes a lift from a passing motorist to reach the airbase, eventually stealing a car from a nearby town to complete his journey. Bond penetrates the base and disguises himself as a clown to evade the West German police. He convinces Octopussy that Khan has betrayed her, and realizing that she has been tricked, she assists Bond in deactivating the warhead. Some time later, with the plan foiled, Khan has returned to his palace and prepares to flee. Bond and Octopussy also return separately to India. Bond arrives at Khan's palace just as Octopussy and her troops launch an assault on
3534-462: The tyres and then manoeuvres the car's bare wheels onto the rails to pursue Octopussy's circus train. During filming, the car had intact tyres in one scene so as to avoid any mishap. Stunt coordinator Martin Grace suffered an injury while shooting the scene where Bond climbs down the train to catch Octopussy's attention. During the second day of filming, Grace – who was Roger Moore's stunt double for
3596-516: Was "one of the snazziest, wittiest productions" of the film series, in which he praised John Glen's direction, Louis Jourdan's performance, and the screenplay. Writing for The New York Times , Vincent Canby praised the film, but noted how "much of the story is incomprehensible". Gene Siskel , reviewing for The Chicago Tribune , awarded the film three stars out of four, stating it is "surprisingly entertaining—surprising because in his previous five Bond appearances Roger Moore has always come off as
3658-547: Was also named Vijay and used a tennis racket as a weapon. For the villains, Broccoli brought in his friend Louis Jourdan as Kamal Khan, while his daughter Barbara suggested Steven Berkoff for Orlov after having seen him perform his own play, Greek , in Los Angeles. The filming of Octopussy began in West Berlin on 10 August 1982 with the scene in which Bond arrives at Checkpoint Charlie . Other locations from
3720-402: Was flying inside the base. For the explosion after the mini jet escapes, however, a miniature of the hangar was constructed and filmed up close. The exploding pieces of the hangar were in reality only four inches (10 cm) long. Much later in the film, Bond steals Orlov's Mercedes-Benz at a depot defended by antagonist soldiers; as he tries to escape, he drives over barrier spikes shredding
3782-501: Was never actually cast, later explaining that Albert R. Broccoli felt "her personality was too strong". Faye Dunaway was deemed too expensive. Barbara Carrera said she turned down the role in order to appear as Fatima Blush in the competing Bond film Never Say Never Again . Octopussy casting director Jane Jenkins revealed that the Bond producers told her that they wanted a South Asian actress to play Octopussy, so she considered
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#17327731289093844-775: Was the Shiv Niwas Palace . In England RAF Northolt , RAF Upper Heyford and RAF Oakley were the main locations. The Karl-Marx-Stadt railways scenes were shot at the Nene Valley Railway in Peterborough , while studio work was performed at Pinewood Studios and the 007 Stage . Parts of the film were also shot in Hurricane Mesa , Hurricane-LaVerkin Bridge , and New Harmony in Utah . Most of
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