Vijay (1988 film)

Vijay
Promotional Poster
Directed byYash Chopra
Written bySachin Bhowmick
Akhtar ul Iman
Produced byYash Chopra
StarringRajesh Khanna
Hema Malini
Rishi Kapoor
Anil Kapoor
Meenakshi Sheshadri
Sonam
Saeed Jaffrey
Anupam Kher
CinematographyManmohan Singh
Music byShiv-Hari
Production
company
Distributed byYash Raj Films
Release date
  • 12 August 1988 (1988-08-12)
Running time
172 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Vijay (English: Victory) is a 1988 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Yash Chopra. It features an ensemble star cast consisting of Rajesh Khanna, Hema Malini, Rishi Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Sonam, Anupam Kher in pivotal roles. Anupam Kher won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for his performance.

The plot of the film was inspired by Chopra's previous film Trishul. The film, released on 12 August 1988, to coincide with India's Independence Day weekend, was a commercial failure.[1]

  1. ^ "The Romantics: Yash Chopra talks about the STRUGGLES he faced while releasing Chandni: "One distributor refused to release the film. A lot of messages were passed that Another flop is coming. Dont give them theatres" : Bollywood News". Bollywood Hungama. 15 February 2023.