Vidhaata

Vidhaata
Directed bySubhash Ghai
Written bySachin Bhowmick
Subhash Ghai
Kader Khan
Produced byGulshan Rai
StarringDilip Kumar
Shammi Kapoor
Sanjeev Kumar
Sanjay Dutt
Padmini Kolhapure
Madan Puri
Amrish Puri
CinematographyKalamkar Rao
Edited byWaman Bhonsle
Gurudutt Shirali
Music byKalyanji-Anandji
Distributed byTrimurti Films
Release date
  • 3 December 1982 (1982-12-03)
Running time
160 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office16 crore[1]

Vidhaata (transl. Creator) is a 1982 Indian action drama film directed by Subhash Ghai and produced by Gulshan Rai under his own production company Trimurti Films. It stars Dilip Kumar, Shammi Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Padmini Kolhapure, Madan Puri, Amrish Puri, Suresh Oberoi, Sarika in pivotal roles.[2] 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.[3]

  1. ^ "Boxofficeindia.com". 15 January 2013. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  2. ^ Singh, Chander Uday (31 December 1982). "Film review: Vidhaata, starring Dilip Kumar, Shammi Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar, Sunjay Dutt". India Today. New Delhi: Living Media India Limited. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Boxofficeindia.com". 15 January 2013. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2021.