Mahaan

About the film

Mahaan (transl. Great) is a 1983 Hindi-language action thriller film produced by Satyanarayana and Suryanarayana and directed by S. Ramanathan. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan in a triple role alongside Waheeda Rehman, Parveen Babi, Zeenat Aman, Ashok Kumar, Amjad Khan, Kader Khan, Aruna Irani, Sujit Kumar and Shakti Kapoor. The music is by R.D. Burman. The film is an official remake of the 1978 Kannada film Shankar Guru.

Synopsis

Vikram Singh is framed for possession of drugs but claims he was framed by a business associate named Rajan. After release from prison, he kills Rajan and frames his former lawyer Amit. Amit is forced to go on the run, while his pregnant wife Janki gives birth to twin sons Guru and Shankar. Unfortunately, she becomes separated from one of her sons Guru when her son is stolen by a barren couple. With her husband on the run and one son missing, Janki is forced to raise Shankar on her own. Amit thinks his wife Janki is dead so he tries to lead a normal life using the name Rana Ranveer and is living with his adopted daughter Manju. But Janki is living in another city with Shankar who has become a police inspector. Guru had been brought up by a barren couple and grows up to be a theatre actor and pursued by Rita. Manju meets and falls in love with Shankar, unaware that he is Rana Ranveer's long lost son. At the end, their lives intertwine and all are reunited and become a family again.

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