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Sakthi (1980)

Sakthi poster
Original title
ശക്തി
Directed by
Vijay Anand
Genre
action film, horror film
Country
India
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two brothers go down different paths one choosing crime and the other choosing honesty. Their conflict leads to a dangerous confrontation.

tensedramaticdarksuspensefulintensemusical

What happens

Shakthi is a 1980 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Vijayanand and produced by Raghu Kumar. The film stars Jayan, Seema, Srividya and Jagathy Sreekumar in the lead roles. The film has a musical score by K. J. Joy. Many scenes of the movie were inspired from 1976 Amitabh Bachan's Hindi film Deewar and the 1979 film Kala Pathar meanwhile those scenes copied from Hollywood. The climax mirror fight sequence was inspired by the 1973 Bruce Lee film Enter the Dragon. The movie was on the hit chart. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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