Allah Rakha (film)

Allah-Rakha
Directed byKetan Desai
Written byK. K. Shukla (screenplay)
Javed Siddiqui (dialogue)
Story byPrayag Raj
Produced byKetan Desai
StarringJackie Shroff
Dimple Kapadia
Meenakshi Sheshadri
CinematographyJal Mistry
Edited byRaju Kapadia
Mangal Mistry
Music byAnu Malik
Production
company
M.K.D Films Combines
Distributed byAasia Films
Release date
  • 15 August 1986 (1986-08-15)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Allah-Rakha is a 1986 Indian Masala film directed by Ketan Desai and starring Jackie Shroff in the title role, along with Dimple Kapadia, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Shammi Kapoor, Biswajeet, Waheeda Rehman. The film is notable as the protagonist, played by Jackie Shroff, is a Muslim, unusual in Hindi cinema that time.[1]

  1. ^ Kumar, Priya (23 January 2008). Limiting secularism: the ethics of coexistence in Indian literature and film. U of Minnesota Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-8166-5073-6. Retrieved 1 January 2012.