Avtaar

Avtaar
Directed byMohan Kumar
Produced byMohan Kumar
StarringRajesh Khanna
Shabana Azmi
Sujit Kumar
AK Hangal
Gulshan Grover
Shashi Puri
Priti Sapru
Sachin
Yunus Parvez
CinematographyK. K. Mahajan
Music byLaxmikant Pyarelal
Production
company
Emkay Pictures
Release date
  • 11 March 1983 (1983-03-11)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindustani

Avtaar is a 1983 drama film starring Rajesh Khanna and Shabana Azmi. It was directed by Mohan Kumar, and the music was by Laxmikant Pyarelal, and lyrics by Anand Bakshi. Avtaar was critically acclaimed and earned around 8 crore worldwide.[1] The film earned several Filmfare award nominations. Rajesh Khanna received an All-India Critics Association (AICA) Best Actor Award for his performance in this film in 1983.[2]

The film was later remade into the Telugu film O Thandri Theerpu (1985), starring Murali Mohan and Jayasudha; in Kannada as Kaliyuga (1984), starring Rajesh and Aarthi; in Malayalam as Jeevitham (1984), starring Madhu; and in Tamil as Vaazhkai (1984), with Sivaji Ganesan.

  1. ^ "BoxOffice India.com". BoxOffice India.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Happy birthday Rajesh Khanna: His top 15 films | bollywood | Hindustan Times". hindustantimes.com. 29 December 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2017.