Amar Akbar Anthony

Infobox Film
name = Amar Akbar Anthony


director = Manmohan Desai
producer = Manmohan Desai
writer =
starring = Amitabh Bachchan,
Vinod Khanna,
Rishi Kapoor,
Parveen Babi,
Neetu Singh,
Shabana Azmi
original_music =Lakshmikant Pyarelal
cinematography = Peter Periera
distributor =
released = 1977
runtime = 184 min.
language = Hindi
budget =
awards =
imdb_id = 0075669|

"Amar Akbar Anthony" (Devnagari: अमर अकबर एन्थोनी) is a 1977 Bollywood film about three brothers separated during their childhood who grew up in three different homes, adopting three different religions.

The film was directed by Manmohan Desai and starred three actors, of them included Amitabh Bachchan (as Anthony Gonsalves), Vinod Khanna and Rishi Kapoor. Each of the three heroes had an affiliation with a heroine, which included Parveen Babi, Shabana Azmi and Neetu Singh. Nirupa Roy, Pran and Jeevan were supporting actors. The music was written by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. Kishore Kumar sang for Amitabh Bachchan, and Mohammed Rafi sang for Rishi Kapoor. The soundtrack was one of Mukesh's last soundtracks with Laxmikant-Pyarelal. Anand Bakshi was the lyricist.

The film was later remade in Telugu as Ram Robert Rahim (1980).

ynopsis

A ex-convict must flee his mob boss, leaving his family to fend for themselves. The ex-convicts wife in a fit of bad luck turns blind and inevitably his children are abandoned. They are adopted by a Hindu policeman (Amar), a Muslim tailor (Akbar), and a Catholic priest (Anthony). The Hindu raised son (Vinod Khanna) becomes a policeman in his turn; his Muslim-raised brother (Rishi Kapoor) becomes a singer; and the last brother, played by Amitabh Bachchan, becomes a happy-go-lucky Catholic who lives on the edge of law. The boys meet again and their lives become entangled in an incredible twist of unlikely coincidences and furious action sequences interspersed with songs.

The grieving mother recovers her sight nearer the ending, the criminal mob boss who unwittingly caused all the commotion is punished, and the family is at last re-united.

Cast

* Amitabh Bachchan ... Anthony Gonsalves
* Vinod Khanna ... Inspector Amar Khanna
* Rishi Kapoor ... Akbar Allhabadi/Raju
* Parveen Babi ... Jenny
* Neetu Singh ... Dr. Salma Ali
* Shabana Azmi ... Laxmi
* Nirupa Roy ... Bharati
* Pran ... Kishanlal
* Jeevan ... Robert
* Ranjeet ... Ranjeet

Popularity and awards

The film was received well by Bollywood audiences and still is extremely popular. Amitabh Bachchan won his first Filmfare Best Actor Award for his work. Laxmikant-Pyarelal received the Best Music Director award. It sealed Manmohan Desai's reputation as an exceptional masala (film genre) film director.

ee also

*My name is Anthony Gonzalves
*Pardah hai pardah

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