Amar Akbar Anthony (1977)

Three brothers are separated and united after many years - one is brought up a Hindu, another a Muslim and the last (and most memorable) a Christian. Hilarity and adventure ensues.

Director:

Manmohan Desai

Writers:

Smt. Jeevanprabha M. Desai (story), Kader Khan (dialogue),

Stars:

Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan

3 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Vinod Khanna	...	Inspector Amar Khanna
Rishi Kapoor	...	Akbar Ilhabadi / Raju
Amitabh Bachchan	...	Anthony Gonzalves
Neetu Singh	...	Dr. Salma Ali
Parveen Babi	...	Jenny
Shabana Azmi	...	Laxmi
Nirupa Roy	...	Bharati
Pran	...	Kishanlal
Jeevan	...	Robert
Yusuf Khan	...	Zebisko (as Yusuf)
Mukri	...	Taiyyab Ali
Nasir Hussain	...	Catholic Priest
Kamal Kapoor	...	Superintendant Khanna
Hercules	...	Raghu
Shivraj	...	Mr. Ilahabadi

Storyline

A ex-convict must flee his mob boss, leaving his family to fend for themselves. His wife goes blind and his children are abandoned. They are adopted by a Hindu policeman, a Muslim tailor, and a Catholic priest. The Hindu-raised son becomes a policeman in his turn; his Muslim-raised brother becomes a singer; and the last son, played by Amitabh, becomes a happy-go-lucky Catholic who lives on the edge of the law. The boys meet again and their lives become entangled in an incredible plot full of unlikely coincidences and furious action sequences interspersed with songs. In the end, the grieving mother recovers her sight, the evil mob boss is punished, and the family is at last re-united.

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Plot Keywords:

hindu | muslim | accident | christian | tailor | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Drama | Family

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi English

Release Date:

7 January 1977 (India)

Also Known As:

A Força do Passado

Filming Locations:

Kamalistan Studios, Andheri, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hirawat Jain and Company, M.K.D. Films Combine, Manmohan Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

184 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

The opening line in the song 'My name is Anthony Gonsalves', "sophisticated rhetorician intoxicated by the exuberance of your own verbosity", that is spoken by Anthony when he emerges from the Easter egg, is an almost exact quotation from a speech in the Parliament of the United Kingdom given by British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli in 1878. Disraeli (who was referring to William Ewart Gladstone) used the word "inebriated" rather than "intoxicated.

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Goofs

When the adult Akbar is first seen in the movie at the hospital, he refers to Salma by the actress' real-life name, Neetu.

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Quotes

Kishanlal: Jenny, Jenny, my child

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Connections

Remade as John Jaffer Janardhanan (1982)

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Soundtracks

"Parda Hai Parda"
Lyrics by Anand Bakshi
Music by Laxmikant and Pyarelal
Sung By Mohammad Rafi
Polydor

User Reviews

*** A perfect "Timepass" movie ***

A true Manmohan Desai film tot he hilt...

This was one of the late '70s movies whose mega success defied the logic of all movie pundits. A typical lost-and-found formula of three brothers (brought up in three different religions); the movie stands out for brilliant individual performances and "seeti"(whistle) comedy and dialogues. Besides the All-Time Amitabh in his memorable role as 'Anthony' and star-studded cast, it is the crispy one-liners and dialogues that lifted this movie above all. Practically every song in this movie was big hit e.g. 'Anhonee ko Honee' 'My name is Anthony...', 'Tayab Ali', to name a few. Don't miss to catch all the patented dialogues by the Villains - Pran, Jeevan.

Back in my school, I remember my classmates reeling out dialogues at the back of their mind.

A must have "Timepass" collection