| Khudgarz | |
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 Poster | |
| Directed by | Rakesh Roshan |
| Screenplay by | Mohan Kaul Ravi Kapoor |
| Story by | Rakesh Roshan |
| Produced by | Rakesh Roshan |
| Starring | Jeetendra Shatrughan Sinha Bhanupriya Amrita Singh Govinda Neelam |
| Cinematography | Pushpal Dutta |
| Edited by | Nand Kumar |
| Music by | Rajesh Roshan |
Production company | Film Kraft |
Release date |
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Running time | 158 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | ₹95 million[1] |
Khudgarz (transl. Selfish) is a 1987 Indian Hindi-language action drama film, produced and directed by Rakesh Roshan under the Film Kraft banner. It features an ensemble cast of Jeetendra, Shatrughan Sinha, Govinda, Bhanupriya, Amrita Singh and Neelam Kothari with music composed by Rajesh Roshan. The film marks the directorial debut of actor Rakesh Roshan.[2] The movie was a silver jubilee hit on release.
The movie was remade in Telugu in 1988 as Prana Snehithulu, in Tamil in 1992 as Annaamalai (which went on to be remade in Telugu in 1993 as Kondapalli Raja and in Kannada in 2003 as Gokarna). The movie was based on Jeffrey Archer's 1979 novel Kane and Abel.[3][4]
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- ^ "How KHUDGARZ changed Rakesh Roshan's life". Glamsham. 6 September 2014. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "The law is catching up but is it enough to deter Bollywood plagiarism?". 26 August 2018. Archived from the original on 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ "Jeffrey Archer accuses Bollywood of stealing his bestselling". The Independent. 4 March 2015. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.