Shaan (1980)

Shaan tells the story of DCP Shiv Kumar an honest, brave and upright police man. He live in the country with his wife, a daughter and two brothers Ravi and Vijay who are con men to the ... See full summary »

Director:

Ramesh Sippy

Writers:

Javed Akhtar, Salim Khan

Stars:

Sunil Dutt, Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan

1 win.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Sunil Dutt	...	DSP Shiv Kumar (Guest Appearance)
Shashi Kapoor	...	Ravi Kumar
Amitabh Bachchan	...	Vijay Kumar
Shatrughan Sinha	...	Rakesh
Rakhee Gulzar	...	Sheetal Kumar
Parveen Babi	...	Sunita
Bindiya Goswami	...	Renu
Johnny Walker	...	Chacha
Kulbhushan Kharbanda	...	Shakal
Mazhar Khan	...	Abdul
Helen	...	Dancer
Bindu	...	Maharani
Padmini Kapila	...	Roma (Guest Appearance)
Sujit Kumar	...	Shakal's assistant

Storyline

Shaan tells the story of DCP Shiv Kumar an honest, brave and upright police man. He live in the country with his wife, a daughter and two brothers Ravi and Vijay who are con men to the highest extent and would do anything to th rick people, there cunningness, one day got them into trouble with the law where there brother was forced to arrest them and feel no pity for them. However they were release a few days later since they were keeping a low profile in jail. Shiv Kumar decides to investigate against gangster and smuggler Shakal and his men where he was killed in his line of duty. After there brother's death Ravi and Vijay decides to mend there ways where they were persuade by marksman, circus master and an old enemy of Shiv, Rakesh, who decides to mend his ways and join hand with the two legendary to destroy Shakal who keeps a man-eating crocodile on an island far apart.

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Plot Keywords:

police | island | circus | arrest | police officer | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

12 December 1980 (India)

Also Known As:

I tsigana tis agapis

Filming Locations:

Goregoan, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

181 min 181 min (1986 video release)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The role of Abdul was first offered to 'Sanjeev Kumar', who turned it down.

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Connections

Featured in Bluffmaster! (2005)

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Soundtracks

"Dariya Mein Jahaaz Chale"
Sung by Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar & Kishore Kumar
Music by Rahul Dev Burman
Lyrics by Anand Bakshi

User Reviews

Great entertainment

5 years after the breakthrough success of SHOLAY, director Ramesh Sippy once again teamed up with Amitabh Bachchan - and this time they're taking no prisoners. SHAAN is a grandly conceived epic of action, adventure, comedy, romance, drama and a bald supervillain who keeps a man-eating crocodile in his underground lair.

Amitabh Bachchan and <some other guy> are bad guys! But they're not the kind of bad guys you hate... they're the lovable rogue types. They're con-men, but they only con other bad guys. Their policeman brother knows this, and when he arrests them it's really for their own good. When they get out of jail he's there as a brother to support them, and they earnestly decide to try and go straight. But their plans of living an ordinary life are foiled when they get caught up in the investigation of super-villain Shakal, a bad guy in the best James Bond tradition played brilliantly by Kulbhushan Kharbanda. The good bad guys have to go up against the really bad bad guys!

SHAAN is like every movie ever made all rolled up into one, and barrelled through at a pace that makes the 195 minute running time seem very brief. It rides a little roughly, with some pieces of plot development and editing that challenge logic and continuity, but with tons of energy and enthusiasm. It's not as carefully crafted as the masterful SHOLAY, but it does provide the same kind of fun and thrills that make DON such great entertainment. It's a grandly ambitious movie that sometimes skirts the line between genius and simple madness very closely. It's the kind of movie they just don't make anymore!

A movie so grandiose can only work with a cast up to the task, but Amitabh rises to the occasion, oozing cool and commanding the screen most of the time. As with SHOLAY though, the bad guy nearly upstages the heroes - he definitely has all the best lines (plus an island fortress surrounded by sharks!).

SHAAN may borrow most of its elements from other movies (notably the James Bond movies), but it has enough personality of its own to make them seem fresh and special all over again. You just can't help grinning at the sheer silliness of it all, and getting carried away by the melodrama. It's a movie treat, jam packed full of high calorie entertainment. What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon?