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Inder Raj Anand (dialogue)
Tinnu Anand (screenplay)
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Release Date:
25 December 1981 (India) more
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Kaalia - A name that spells terror in the minds of people, and the police but Kaalia was not always like this... more | add synopsis
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A badly executed film...somewhat painful to watch more (6 total)

Cast

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Amitabh Bachchan ... Kallu / Kaalia
Asha Parekh ... Shanti
Parveen Babi ... Shalini / Rani Singh
Amjad Khan ... Shahani Seth / Jaswant
Pran ... Jailer Raghvir Singh
K.N. Singh ... Convict
Sajjan ... 2nd Defense Attorney
Murad ... IGP Officer
Sudhir ... Rawat
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Brahmachari ... Gopal (as Brahmchari)
Ram P. Sethi ... Crippled Prisoner (as Ram Sethi)
Brahm Bhardwaj ... Judge (as Brahm Bhardawaj)
Yunus Parvez ... Abdul
Dev Kumar ... Convict
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The song "Jahan Teri Ye Nazar Hai" was filmed on the sets of Namak Halal (1982), another Amitabh Bachchan Blockbuster. This was due to financial and time constraints more
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Continuity: When Kallu fails to escape from the jail, after Raghuveer beats him up there is no blood on his face. But in the cell scene where he has been chained by the officers, there is blood there. more
Soundtrack:
Jahan Teri Ye Nazar Hai Meri Jaan Mujhey Khabar Hai more

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2 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
A badly executed film...somewhat painful to watch, 9 August 2001
2/10
Author: ka_92 from Toronto, Canada

"Kalia" was disappointing--overlong, illogical and generally ham-handed. However, this doesn't necessarily mean that a movie is bad--after all most Indian films suffer from these problems. The star of this film, Amitabh Bachchan appeared in "Amar, Akbar, Anthony" (1977) which had similar problems but was still a wonderful film.

Bachchan is a charismatic actor but even he cannot save this film from its repetitious plot twists, insipid songs, laborious dialogue and bad acting.

Bachchan plays a good-natured fellow, who is forced to turn to a life of crime to support his family when his brother is injured at the unsafe mill where he works. The mill owner/criminal mastermind callously refuses to help with money for an operation, even though the injury is his fault. Kaalia seeks revenge for his brother and ends up in jail where he becomes a hardened criminal. Heists, fistfights, interminable chases flesh out this 3 hour film. None are particularly interesting. See "Amar, Akbar, Anthony" instead.

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