Vidhaata

About the film

Vidhaata (transl. Creator) is a 1982 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Subhash Ghai and produced by Gulshan Rai under his own production company Trimurti Films. It stars an ensemble cast of Dilip Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Shammi Kapoor, Padmini Kolhapure, Madan Puri, Amrish Puri, Suresh Oberoi, and Sarika in pivotal roles.

The film was remade in Kannada as Pithamaha, in Malayalam as Alakadalinakkare, and in Tamil as Vamsa Vilakku. Vidhaata was the highest-grossing Indian film of 1982 and the fifth highest-grossing Indian film of the decade, when adjusted for inflation, being declared a "Blockbuster" by Box office India.

Synopsis

Shamsher Singh, his son Pratap Singh, and his daughter-in-law lead a happy life in an Indian village. Shamsher works as an engine driver with his friend Gurbaksh Singh. Pratap is appointed as the new inspector-in-charge of the village but is killed brutally by Jagawar Chaudhary, a notorious local smuggler, after Pratap refuses to help Jagawar in his illegal activities. Seeing his son dead, Shamsher Singh is enraged and kills some of Jagawar's goons whom he had seen throwing his son's dead body in the forest. When he is about to inquire from one of Jagawar's men about the person behind his son's murder, he is stopped by the police and is asked to surrender; Shamsher somehow manages to escape. His daughter-in-law dies while giving birth to Kunal Singh.

Shamsher takes his grandson Kunal and leaves his village to hide from the police. In the hope of making quick money and to secure his grandson's future, Shamsher starts working for Sir Mizya, a powerful underworld don, and takes on a new identity as Sir Shobraj. Over time, he becomes a wealthy and powerful smuggler and the chairman of the Mizya Group.

Meanwhile, Kunal grows up under the strict supervision of Shamsher's loyal employee Abu Baba. He falls in love with Durga, a beautiful slum girl and the daughter of one of Shamsher's old employees Ganpat. However, things take an ugly turn when Shamsher Singh disagrees to let Kunal marry Durga because of her being from a poor background; he instead warns Durga's mother to leave the city with her daughter or else faces serious consequences.

Soundtrack

All songs are composed by Kalyanji-Anandji. All lyrics were written by Anand Bakshi.

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