Kalyug (1981 film)

Infobox Film
name = Kalyug


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caption = DVD cover
director = Shyam Benegal
producer = Shashi Kapoor
writer = Shyam Benegal
Satyadev Dubey
Girish Karnad
narrator =
starring = Shashi Kapoor
Rekha
Raj Babbar
music = Vanraj Bhatia
cinematography = Govind Nihalani
editing = Bhanudas Divakar
distributor =
released = 28 March 1981
runtime = 152 min.
country = India
language = Hindi
budget =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0080982

"Kalyug" is a Hindi film made in 1981, and was directed by Shyam Benegal.

The film is known as a modern day version of an Indian mythological epic Mahabharat depicted as an archetypal-conflict between rival business houses [ [http://www.filmreference.com/Directors-Be-Bu/Benegal-Shyam.html Shyam Benegal at filmreference] ] .

Overview

The screenplay and plot was quite different from Mahabharat. However, the characterization and the critical events had a striking similarity with the epic. Shashi Kapoor, Rekha, Raj Babbar, Supriya Pathak, Anant Nag, Kulbhushan Kharbanda played the major roles,while Urmila Matondkar appeared as a child artist.

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