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Directed by | Prakash Mehra |
Produced by | Satyendra Pal |
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Music by | Kalyanji-Anandji |
Cinematography | N. Satyen |
Edited by | K.H. Mayekar |
Distributed by | Chaudhary Enterprises |
Release date
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1 October 1976 |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Hera Pheri is a 1976 Hindi crime film directed by Prakash Mehra and starring Amitabh Bachchan, Saira Banu, Vinod Khanna, Sulakshana Pandit, Shreeram Lagoo and Asrani. The film's music is by Kalyanji Anandji and the lyrics by Anjaan.This movie was a 'superhit' at the box office.
Vinod Khanna received a Filmfare nomination for Best Supporting Actor, the only nomination for the film. This is one of six films that Vinod Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan starred together in. At the time, the pairing of the two actors often made the film quite successful, especially since both actors were rising stars gunning for the top spot in Hindi Cinema.
Best friends and con-artists Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan) and Ajay (Vinod Khanna) sever their relationship when Vijay discovers that his father's murderer may be Ajay's own long-lost father, setting into motion a bloody saga of familial revenge and emotional turmoil.