Vijay is a story about various characters that are bound by relationships of love and friendship. How they become foes and take up weapons against each other. When Arjun and Vicky meet, they are oblivious to the fact that they are cousin brothers.
Acting
Rajesh Khanna's wounded patriarch against Rishi Kapoor's simmering rage.
Direction
Yash Chopra at peak stylized melodrama before Darr changed him.
Costume
Peak 80s glamour — shoulder pads, wind machines, and suffering.
Director
Yash Chopra
Rajesh Khanna
Ajit Bhardwaj
Anil Kapoor
Arjun I. Gujral / Arjun S. Bhalla
Hema Malini
Suman Y. Bhalla / Suman A. Bhardwaj
Rishi Kapoor
Vikram A. Bhardwaj
Meenakshi Sheshadri
Sapna
Moushumi Chatterjee
Rita
Raj Babbar
Shashiraj Y. Bhalla
Anupam Kher
Lala Yodhraj Bhalla
Gulshan Grover
Ujaagar Singh
Saeed Jaffrey
Inder Sen Gujral
Shakti Kapoor
Suresh Badanpati
Manmohan Krishna
Judge
Vikas Anand
Bank Manager
Sonam
Nisha
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Vijay was Yash Chopra's last pure family drama before pivoting to the psychological thriller territory of Darr and later romantic epics.
The film belongs to a specific 80s Bollywood cycle where multi-starrer family sagas (Silsila, Kabhi Kabhie) gave way to action-tinged melodramas reflecting rising urban violence and fractured joint families.
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