Shaan (film)
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| Hindi | शान |
| Directed by | Ramesh Sippy |
| Produced by | G.P. Sippy |
| Written by | Salim-Javed |
| Starring |
Sunil Dutt Amitabh Bachchan Shashi Kapoor Shatrughan Sinha Rakhee Gulzar Parveen Babi Bindiya Goswami Kulbhushan Kharbanda Mac Mohan |
| Music by | Rahul Dev Burman |
| Cinematography | S.M. Anwar |
| Edited by | M. S. Shinde |
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Release date
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December 12, 1980 |
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Running time
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181 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹6 crore |
| Box office | ₹12.50 crore |
Shaan ("Pride") is a 1980 Indian Hindi-language action-thriller film. The film was directed by Ramesh Sippy after the super success of his previous venture, Sholay. The story was written by Salim-Javed.
The film was expected to match the success of Sholay but failed to do so. The film however, ran to packed houses in its re-runs and made a lot of money. Eventually, it was declared to be the highest grosser of 1980 by IBOS. It did obtain the services of Sholay's music composer, R.D. Burman, whose songs for the film provided it with a Best Music nomination at Filmfare, this being its sole nomination.
Logistical issues relating to other projects in which the cast were involved meant that Shaan took three years to make. While Sholay drew its inspiration from the American Western and spaghetti western films, Shaan took its lead from the James Bond films with fancy sets and beautiful costumes. Shakaal, the bald villain played by Kulbhushan Kharbanda, was based on the James Bond villain, Blofeld.
A large golden eagle is prominent in Shakaal's island lair and in the Bollywood obligatory final song-and-dance. The eagle is reminiscent of the golden lamb in Cecile DeMille's Ten Commandments; construction on the golden eagle required outside experts to be flown in and cost, in Rupees, the equivalent of the chariot scene in Ben-Hur.
Sippy wanted to repeat the cast of Sholay for this film but due to date issues, Sunil dutt played the role initially offered to Sanjeev Kumar, Bindiya goswami played the role initially offered to Hema Malini, and Shashi Kapoor was roped in when Dharmendra declined to do the character of Ravi.
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