Silsila (1981)

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182 min - Drama | Musical | Romance - 29 July 1981 (India)

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A story of love lost and found, but twisted by society's demands and conventions to appear as adultery.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Shashi Kapoor	...	Sqdr. Leader Shekhar Malhotra
	Amitabh Bachchan	...	Amit Malhotra
	Jaya Bhaduri	...	Shobha Malhotra (as Jaya Bachchan)
	Rekha	...	Chandni
	Sudha Chopra	...	Shobha's mom
	Sushma Seth	...	Actress
	Ravi Dubey
	Sharmila Roy Chowdhry
	Jagdish Raj
	Vikas Anand
	Ranvir Raj
	Shyam Arora
	Raj Bharti
	Gauri Shanker
	Damyanti Puri

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Storyline

Although orphaned at very young ages, Scriptwriter Amit and military pilot Shekhar are brothers and also very good friends. The latter is happily engaged to Shobha, while the former has just fallen in love with pretty, young Chandni. But tragedy strikes when Shekhar's plane is shot down in Kashmir. Amit feels it to be his obligation to leave the girl he loves and marry his brother's pregnant fiancée instead. But when, by an unexpected turn, Amit and the now also married Chandni meet again, their love for each other proves to be stronger than their marital vows. Written by gavin@sunny_deol2009@yahoo.com

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Plot Keywords:

Adultery | Local Blockbuster | Marital Love | Based On True Story

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Love is faith... and faith is for ever

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Drama | Musical | Romance

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India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

29 July 1981 (India) See more »

Also Known As:

The Affair See more »

Filming Locations:

Film City, Goregaon, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India See more »

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Yash Raj Films See more »

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182 min

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Stereo

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Trivia

The song "Neela Aasman" is actually based on a tune that Shammi Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan composed together while shooting for Zameer. During the making of Silsila, Amitabh Bachchan called Shammi Kapoor to ask permission to use the tune. Shammi Kapoor had totally forgotten about it, and when reminded, he happily said: "Go ahead! Do whatever you want to with it!". See more »

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Referenced in Bollywood Bound (2003) See more »

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"Neela Aasman"
(Part 2)
Sung by Lata Mangeshkar
Composed by Shiv Kumar Sharma and Hari Prasad Chaurasia
Lyrics by Javed Akhtar See more »

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