Arjun (1985 film)

This article is about the 1985 film. For other uses, see Arjun.

Arjun
Original Promotional Poster
Directed byRahul Rawail
Written byJaved Akhtar
Produced byKarim Morani
Sunil Soorma
StarringSunny Deol
Dimple Kapadia
Raj Kiran
Prem Chopra
Anupam Kher
CinematographyBaba Azmi
Edited byDilip Kotalgi
Music byR. D. Burman
Production
company
Distributed byEros Entertainment
Release date
  • 20 April 1985 (1985-04-20)
Running time
154 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹1.5 crore[1]
Box office₹8.5 crore[2]

Arjun is a 1985 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Rahul Rawail and starring Sunny Deol and Dimple Kapadia.[3] The plot of the film revolves around a group of radical young men who take matters into their hands to fight against corruption.[4]

The film was later remade in Tamil as Sathyaa, in Telugu as Bharatamlo Arjunudu, in Kannada as Sangrama.and in Sinhala as Suranimala[5] The rights to this film are owned by Red Chillies Entertainment.[6] The film established Deol as an action hero.[7] Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com called it Deol's best action film.[8]

  1. ^ Pereira, Godfrey (31 July 1991). "Reaching for the stars". India Today. New Delhi: Living Media. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2024. They are tight-lipped about money, but their banner, Cineyug, kicked off in 1985 with a Sunny Deol starrer, Arjun, made at the cost of Rs 1.5 crore.
  2. ^ "From 'Betaab' To 'Border', And 'Gadar 2', 9 Times Sunny Deol Hit Bull's Eye At Box-Office". economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  3. ^ Seta, Keyur. "35 years of Arjun: How an article about the gang wars of the 1980s inspired the film's plot". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Arjun – Red Chillies Entertainment". www.redchillies.com. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  5. ^ Arunachalam, Param (2020). BollySwar: 1981–1990. Mavrix Infotech. p. 533. ISBN 9788193848227.
  6. ^ "Red Chillies Official Website". Archived from the original on 6 October 2016.
  7. ^ "From 'Betaab' To 'Border', And 'Gadar 2', 9 Times Sunny Deol Hit Bull's Eye At Box-Office". economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  8. ^ Verma, Sukanya (4 September 2014). "Classic Revisited: Arjun, Sunny Deol's BEST action film". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2017.