Kala Bazaar is a 1989 Hindi-language film directed by Rakesh Roshan. It stars Kader Khan, Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff. This film deals with the socio-political issues of corruption, primarily in the form of bribery in government offices in the Indian society of the 1980s. The film was a remake of Tamil film Panam Paththum Seiyum and was also remade in Kannada as Lancha Lancha Lancha. The film did not do well at the box office.

Kader Khan was an Indian actor, screenwriter and film producer. As an actor, he appeared in over 300 Bollywood films after his debut film in the 1973 film Daag, starring Rajesh Khanna, in which he acted as a prosecuting attorney. He was a prolific actor and screenwriter in Hindi cinema in the period late 1970s to 90s and wrote dialogues for 200 films. Born in Afghanistan, Khan graduated from Ismail Yusuf College affiliated to Bombay University. Before entering the film industry in the early 1970s, he taught at M. H. Saboo Siddik College of Engineering, Mumbai, as a professor of civil engineering.