Shakti

Shakti (1982)

शक्ति

A Clash of Titans.

A policeman's son becomes a criminal after a childhood incident creates a rift between them.

Date of release
1982-09-22
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (20)
Runtime
2h 45m
Genres
Action, Crime
Director
Ramesh Sippy

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Filmfare Award for Best Film

Shakti (transl. Strength) is a 1982 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film, directed by Ramesh Sippy, written by the Salim–Javed duo, and produced by Mushir-Riaz. It stars Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Rakhee Gulzar, Smita Patil, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Amrish Puri. Shakti was notable for being the first and only film to feature veteran actors Kumar and Bachchan together on screen. Considered to be one of the greatest films in the history of Indian cinema, it went on to win four Filmfare Awards, for Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Sound Editing, and Best Actor for Kumar. It was inspired by the Tamil film Thangappathakkam.

Production

The role of Vijay was initially to be played by Raj Babbar and he took an advance, but after Amitabh Bachchan showed interest in the role, Babbar was dropped. Rakhee Gulzar has stated that people warned her that portraying Bachchan's mother would ruin her career, but she did not care as she was delighted at the prospect of acting with Dilip Kumar who portrayed her character's husband.

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