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Amar Akbar Anthony (1977)

184 min  -  Action | Comedy | Drama  -   7 January 1977 (India)
7.4
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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:

Kader Khan (dialogue), Prayag Raj (screenplay), and 3 more credits »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Vinod Khanna Vinod Khanna ...
Inspector Amar Khanna
Rishi Kapoor ...
Akbar Ilhabadi / Raju
Amitabh Bachchan ...
Anthony Gonzalves
Neetu Singh Neetu Singh ...
Dr. Salma Ali
Parveen Babi Parveen Babi ...
Jenny
Shabana Azmi ...
Laxmi
Nirupa Roy Nirupa Roy ...
Bharati
Pran Pran ...
Kishanlal
Jeevan Jeevan ...
Robert
Yusuf Khan Yusuf Khan ...
Zebisko (as Yusuf)
Mukri Mukri ...
Taiyyab Ali
Nasir Hussain Nasir Hussain ...
Catholic Priest
Kamal Kapoor Kamal Kapoor ...
Superintendant Khanna
Hercules Hercules ...
Raghu
Shivraj Shivraj ...
Mr. Ilahabadi
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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. Written by gavin@sunny_deol2009@yahoo.com  

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Muslim | Hindu | Accident | Coincidence | Smuggler  | See more »

Genres:

Action | Comedy | Drama | Family

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Country:

India

Language:

Hindi | English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

A Força do Passado See more »

Box Office

Gross:

INR 125,000,000 (India)
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Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)
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Trivia

In order to shoot the action scene where the villain falls in a well with his car while chasing the hero, director Manmohan Desai asked cameraman Peter Pereira to get inside the well with his camera. See more »

Goofs

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When the adult Akbar is first seen in the movie at the hospital, he refers to Salma by the actress' real-life name, Neetu. See more »

Quotes

Anthony Gonzalves: You know the whole country of the system is juxtapositioned by the hemoglobin in the atmosphere because you are a sophisticated rhetorician intoxicated by the exuberance of your own verbosity.
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Connections

Referenced in Golmaal Returns (2008) See more »

Soundtracks

"Humko Tumse"
Lyrics by Anand Bakshi
Music by Laxmikant and Pyarelal
Sung By Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh & Mohammad Rafi
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