Amar Akbar Anthony
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| Directed by | Manmohan Desai |
| Produced by | Manmohan Desai |
| Starring | Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Parveen Babi, Neetu Singh, Shabana Azmi |
| Cinematography | Peter Periera |
| Release date(s) | 1977 |
| Running time | 184 min. |
| Language | Hindi |
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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). It was directed by Vijaya Nirmala and stars her real-life husband Krishna (actor) as Robert. Sridevi plays his love interest in the film.
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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 becomes a policeman in his turn; his Muslim-raised brother 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.
[edit] 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 film director.
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