Shaan (film)
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 Shaan DVD cover |
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| Directed by | Ramesh Sippy |
| Produced by | G.P. Sippy |
| Written by | Salim-Javed |
| Starring | Sunil Dutt Shashi Kapoor Amitabh Bachchan Shatrughan Sinha Kulbhushan Kharbanda |
| Music by | R.D. Burman |
| Release date(s) | 1980 |
| Language | Hindi |
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Shaan (Hindi: शान, Urdu: شان) is a 1980 Indian Hindi film. It is director Ramesh Sippy's 2nd film with Amitabh Bachchan after Sholay. The story was written by Salim-Javed.
Expectations were high as this was the film that was to have expected to match the success of Ramesh Sippy's previous film Sholay. It didn't match the success of Sholay but still managed to have average success at the box office [1]. Director Ramesh Sippy tried to round up the same people from Sholay, and he succeeded partly by getting superstar Amitabh Bachchan and music composer R.D. Burman who composed the unforgettable songs for the film and earned the film's only Filmfare nomination for Best Music. The film took 3 years to make, because of the juggling around of stars busy schedules. While Sholay drew its inspiration from the American Western and spaghetti western films, Shaan took its lead from the James Bond films with fancy sets and beautiful costumes. The villain Shakaal (played by Kulbushan Kharbanda) was based on the James Bond villain Blofeld.
[edit] Synopsis
DSP Shiv Kumar (Sunil Dutt) is a diligent and honest police officer in Bombay, India. He lives with his wife Sheetal Kumar (Raakhee), a son, and two wayward brothers, Ravi (Shashi Kapoor), and Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan), who are con-men, and will anything for a quick buck. When Shiv Kumar is killed, his wife Sheetal Kumar (Raakhee) is left widowed, Ravi and Vijay give up their waywardness, and non-chalant way of life, to find out who killed their brother, and avenge his death. They discover with the help of former hitman Rakesh (Shatrughan Sinha) that the man who killed their brother was none other than the seemingly invincible Shakal (Kulbhushan Kharbanda), a criminal mastermind.
[edit] Cast
- Sunil Dutt ... Shiv Kumar
- Shashi Kapoor .... Ravi Kumar
- Amitabh Bachchan .... Vijay Kumar
- Shatrughan Sinha .... Rakesh (hitman sent to kill Shiv Kumar)
- Raakhee .... Sheetal Kumar
- Parveen Babi .... Sunita (Vijay's girlfriend)
- Bindiya Goswami .... Renu (Ravi's girlfriend)
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda.... Shakaal
- Mazhar Khan .... Abdul (Ravi and Vijay's friend)
- Dalip Tahil .... Kumar (Shakaal's henchman)
- Johnny Walker .... Chacha (Renu's uncle)
- Helen ..... Special appearance
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