Amar Akbar Anthony
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Manmohan Desai |
| Produced by | Manmohan Desai |
| Written by |
Kader Khan(dialogue) Prayag Raj (screenplay) K.K. Shukla (scenario) |
| Story by | Jeevanprabha M. Desai (story) Pushpa Sharma (story idea) |
| Starring |
Vinod Khanna Rishi Kapoor Amitabh Bachchan Shabana Azmi Neetu Singh Parveen Babi Nirupa Roy Pran Jeevan Nazir Hussain Ranjeet Helen |
| Music by |
Laxmikant-Pyarelal Anand Bakshi (lyrics) |
| Cinematography | Peter Pereira |
| Edited by | Kamlakar Karkhanis |
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Release date
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May 27, 1977 |
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Running time
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185 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | ₹155.0 million (US$2.3 million) |
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| Studio album by Laxmikant-Pyarelal | ||||
| Released | 1977 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Label | Universal Music | |||
| Producer | Laxmikant-Pyarelal | |||
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| Planet Bollywood |   |
Amar Akbar Anthony is a 1977 Indian action comedy film produced and directed by Manmohan Desai. The film, which is based on the lost and found theme, is about three brothers separated from their parents and each other in childhood, and raised in three different faiths, Hinduism, Islam and Christianity. They unite in their youth to fight a common villain. It was the biggest blockbuster of 1977, and won several awards at 25th Filmfare Awards including Best Actor, Best Music Director and Best Editing.
The film stars three actors: Amitabh Bachchan (as Anthony Gonsalves), Vinod Khanna (as Amar Khanna) and Rishi Kapoor (as Akbar Allahabadi). Each of the heroes had an affiliation with a heroine; these women were played by Parveen Babi, Shabana Azmi and Neetu Singh. Nirupa Roy, Pran and Jeevan played supporting roles. The music was composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. Kishore Kumar sang for Bachchan and Mohammed Rafi sang for Kapoor. The soundtrack was one of Mukesh's last soundtracks with Laxmikant-Pyarelal. Anand Bakshi was the lyricist.
The film about religious tolerance became a landmark in Bollywood masala films. It also had a lasting impact of the pop culture, with its catchy songs, one-liners and the character of Anthony Gonsalves played by Amitabh Bachchan. It was later remade in Tamil as Shankar Salim Simon (1978), in Telugu as Ram Robert Rahim (1980) and in Malayalam as John Jaffer Janardhanan (1982).
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