Mashaal | |
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Directed by | Yash Chopra |
Written by | Javed Akhtar |
Story by | Adaptation: Javed Akhtar Original: Vasant Kanetkar |
Based on | Ashroonchi Zhali Phule by Vasant Kanetkar |
Produced by | Yash Chopra |
Starring | Dilip Kumar Waheeda Rehman Anil Kapoor Rati Agnihotri Gulshan Grover Saeed Jaffrey Alok Nath Amrish Puri |
Cinematography | Santosh Sivan |
Music by | Hridaynath Mangeshkar |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Yash Raj Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 170 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹29 million[1] |
Box office | ₹25 million[1] |
Mashaal (lit. 'Torch') is a 1984 Bollywood action film. Produced and directed by Yash Chopra, it starred Dilip Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Anil Kapoor and Rati Agnihotri.[2][3] The role played by Anil Kapoor was first offered to Amitabh Bachchan and then to Kamal Haasan,[4] but after they declined the offer, the role went to Anil Kapoor. Vinod Kumar (Dilip Kumar) plays a respected, law-abiding citizen who turns to crime for exacting revenge. The movie was based on the Marathi play Ashroonchi Zhali Phule written by Marathi writer Vasant Kanetkar.[5] The movie was remade in Malayalam as Ithile Iniyum Varu with Mamooty playing the lead role.