Shaan (1980)

Original title

शान

Directed by

Ramesh Sippy

Genre

action film

Country

India

Runtime

3h 01m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two conmen brothers and a marksman team up after their police officer brother is murdered. They seek revenge against an invincible crime lord named Shakaal.

action-packedvengefuldramatichigh-energyexplosivenostalgicmelodramaticadventurous

What happens

Shaan (translation: Grandeur) is a 1980 Indian Hindi-language action crime film directed by Ramesh Sippy and produced by G. P. Sippy under the production banner of Sippy Films with a story written by Salim–Javed after the blockbuster success of Sholay (1975). The film was released in India on 12 December 1980 and was a multi-starrer with Sunil Dutt, Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, Raakhee Gulzar, Parveen Babi, Bindiya Goswami, Johnny Walker and Kulbhushan Kharbanda. Shaan was the most expensive Indian film made until then, and was an average performer at the box-office upon initial release, but did good business during re-runs. The film follows the murder of a police officer, Shiv (Dutt), whose two conmen brothers, Vijay (Bachchan) and Ravi (Kapoor), reform and join hands with a marksman, Rakesh (Sinha), to seek revenge from the culprit that is the invincible Shakaal (Kharbanda). The character of Shakaal was inspired from the Ernst Stavro Blofeld's character from the James Bond film series. The music was composed by R. D. Burman. Burman's songs received a Best Music nomination at Filmfare Awards. Shaan was one of the last films to feature songs sung by Mohammed Rafi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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