DSP Shiv Kumar returns home to his wife Sheetal and their young daughter and announces that he has been transferred to Bombay. Shiv Kumar has two brothers, Vijay and Ravi, who live in Mumbai. They are intelligent and capable guys, but spend their time loafing about the city and swindling unsuspecting people.
Acting
Amitabh-Shashi chemistry is pure sibling chaos gold
Production
Shakal's island fortress is Bond-villain meets Bollywood budget
Score
R.D. Burman's 'Yamma Yamma' is earworm royalty
Director
Ramesh Sippy
Amitabh Bachchan
Vijay Kumar
Sunil Dutt
DSP Shiv Kumar
Rakhee Gulzar
Sheetal Kumar
Parveen Babi
Sunita
Shashi Kapoor
Ravi Kumar
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Shakal
Shatrughan Sinha
Rakesh
Mac Mohan
Jagmohan
Yunus Parvez
Hotel Manager
Bindiya Goswami
Renu
Johnny Walker
Renu's uncle
Bindu Desai
Maharani of Kamalpur
Sudhir
Ranjeet
Sudhir Pandey
Tiwari
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ramesh Sippy made this as his follow-up to Sholay, and the pressure was so intense that the shark tank scene alone took weeks to shoot.
Shakal's bald cap and pet shark made Kulbhushan Kharbanda an instant icon of Bollywood villainy, directly inspiring decades of parodies.
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