Mashaal

Mashaal
Poster
Directed byYash Chopra
Written byJaved Akhtar
Story byAdaptation:
Javed Akhtar
Original:
Vasant Kanetkar
Based onAshroonchi Zhali Phule by Vasant Kanetkar
Produced byYash Chopra
StarringDilip Kumar
Waheeda Rehman
Anil Kapoor
Rati Agnihotri
Gulshan Grover
Saeed Jaffrey
Alok Nath
Amrish Puri
CinematographySantosh Sivan
Music byHridaynath Mangeshkar
Production
company
Distributed byYash Raj Films
Release date
  • 9 February 1984 (1984-02-09)
Running time
170 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget29 million[1]
Box office25 million[1]

Mashaal (lit.'Torch') is a 1984 Bollywood action film. Produced and directed by Yash Chopra, it starred Dilip Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Anil Kapoor and Rati Agnihotri.[2][3] The role played by Anil Kapoor was first offered to Amitabh Bachchan and then to Kamal Haasan,[4] but after they declined the offer, the role went to Anil Kapoor. Vinod Kumar (Dilip Kumar) plays a respected, law-abiding citizen who turns to crime for exacting revenge. The movie was based on the Marathi play Ashroonchi Zhali Phule written by Marathi writer Vasant Kanetkar.[5] The movie was remade in Malayalam as Ithile Iniyum Varu with Mamooty playing the lead role.

  1. ^ a b "Mashaal 1984 Movie Box Office Collection, Budget and Unknown Facts 1980's Box Office Collection". KS Box Office. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  2. ^ Pauwels, Heidi (31 January 2008). Indian Literature and Popular Cinema: Recasting Classics. Taylor & Francis. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-415-44741-6. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  3. ^ Lanba, Urmila (2002). Life and films of Dilip Kumar, the thespian. Vision Books. p. 70. ISBN 978-81-7094-496-6. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  4. ^ @NFAIOfficial (24 December 2019). "#FaceOfTheWeek #AnilKapoor with @TheDilipKumar in #Mashaal. @AnilKapoor received acclaim for his striking performan…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "Dilip Kumar@93: How He Conquered Bollywood".