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Amar Akbar Anthony

Amar Akbar Anthony
Directed by	Manmohan Desai
Produced by	Manmohan Desai
Written by	Smt. Jeevanprabha M. Desai Kader Khan Prayag Raj Pushpa Sharma K.K. Sukla
Starring	Amitabh Bachchan Vinod Khanna Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh Parveen Babi Shabana Azmi Nirupa Roy Pran
Music by	Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Cinematography	Peter Pereira
Editing by	Kamlakar Karkhanis
Release date(s)	1977
Running time	185 mins
Country	India
Language	Hindi

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. It was the biggest blockbuster of 1977[1]  and has also won several Filmfare  awards.[2]

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 played supporting roles. 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 two times: in Telugu as Ram Robert Rahim (1980)[3] and in Malayalam as John, Jaffar, Janardhan.

Synopsis

Kishanlal (Pran), a chauffeur, takes the blame for a fatal hit-and-run accident committed by his mob boss employer, Robert (Jeevan), on the assurance that his family's income will be tripled and their welfare looked after. He returns from prison to find his wife Bharati (Nirupa Roy) suffering from tuberculosis and his three sons starving. Seeking help from Robert for the sake of his family, he is ridiculed, humiliated and repudiated, until he turns on Robert and tries to kill him. Making his escape, Kishanlal inadvertently takes a car containing a shipment of gold bullion. Robert's goons give chase.

Kishanlal goes home to rescue his family - only to find his wife's suicide note. Unbeknownst to him she fails, and is struck blind. He leaves his sons in a public park (at the foot of a statue of Ghandi) while he draws off the pursuing goons. In the car chase that follows he crashes, is thrown clear of the wreck, and discovers the gold. But by the time he returns to the park with his riches, his three children have vanished. They have been adopted by a Hindu policeman (Amar), a Muslim tailor (Akbar), and a Catholic priest (Anthony). In revenge, Kishanlal kidnaps Robert's daughter Jenny and raises her as his niece, meanwhile using the gold to destroy Robert and set himself up as mob boss.

Amar (Vinod Khanna) becomes a policeman like his adoptive Hindu father; the Muslim-raised brother Akbar (Rishi Kapoor) becomes a singer; the middle brother, Anthony (Amitabh Bachchan), is raised by a Catholic priest and becomes a likable, socially-conscious scamp who runs a quasi-legal bar and brewery and makes God his 'partner' by donating half his income to charity. The three meet when they donate blood for an accident victim, unaware that they are related - or that the recipient is actually their biological mother Bharati.

Their lives become entangled in an incredible web of unlikely coincidences and furious action sequences, interspersed with song, when Amar's adopted father is seriously wounded and Anthony's adoptive father, the priest, is murdered. In their pursuit of justice their paths cross until, combining efforts, they discover both the culprit and their mutual heritage.

In addition to the ongoing feud between Robert and Kishanlal, each son meets and courts - with greater or lesser difficulty - their love interests. When the grieving mother regains her sight, one by one the family is re-united until Robert, who caused their suffering, is imprisoned and the family united.

Cast

    * Amitabh Bachchan ... Anthony Gonsalves; second son
    * Vinod Khanna ... Inspector Amar Khanna; first son
    * Rishi Kapoor ... Akbar Allhabadi/Raju; third son
    * Parveen Babi ... Jenny; Anthony's girlfriend
    * Neetu Singh ... Dr. Salma Ali; Akbar's neighbor and love interest
    * Shabana Azmi ... Laxmi; common thief and Amar's love interest
    * Nirupa Roy ... Bharati; mother of 3 boys
    * Pran ... Kishanlal; driver profession, father of 3 boys, husband of Bharati
    * Jeevan ... Robert, the mob boss
    * Ranjeet ... Ranjeet

Awards & Nominations

    * Filmfare Best Actor Award-Amitabh Bachchan
    * Filmfare Best Music Director Award-Laxmikant-Pyarelal
    * Filmfare Best Editing Award-Kamlakar Karkhanis
    * Filmfare Nomination for Best Movie Award
    * Filmfare Nomination for Best Director-Manmohan Desai
    * Filmfare Nomination for Best Lyricist-Anand Bakshi for the song "Parda Hai Parda"
    * Filmfare Nomination for Best Male Playback Singer-Mohd. Rafi for the song "Parda Hai Parda"