Vidhaata (1982)
2h 48m
Running Time
September 3, 1982Release Date
Plot.
When a Police inspector is killed by a band of thugs, his grieving father Samsher Singh seeks justice. Pratap Singh has left behind a pregnant widow, who dies in chidbirth, leaving Samsher to bring up the child Kunal. The transformation of Samsher Singh (a locomotive engine driver) into Sobhraj, multi millionaire and owner of a vast network of business. Kunal is brought up by Abu Baba, a servant of Sobhraj to be honest, upright, and very independent minded. Durga, the daughter of a former employee of Sobhraj, who is serving time and Kunal fall in love. This not acceptable to his grandfather, though Abu Baba approves of the relationship. Disaster strikes when an attempt is made to separate the lovers. The life of Samsher Singh alias Sobhraj begins to unravel from here. How Kunal's ethical upbringing by his foster-father, and his financial and business circumstances of his grandfather meet in a titanic conscience clash and how he resolves matters is at the nexus of the plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Tom Alter
David
Harbans Darshan M. Arora
Man at the funeral of Abu Baba
Birbal
Bheema
Krishan Dhawan
Ganpat
Sanjay Dutt
Kunal Singh
Jagdeep
Peter John DeCosta
Sarika
Neelima
Shammi Kapoor
Gurbaksh
Viju Khote
Kolhapuri husband in song 'Saat Saheliyan'
Sanjeev Kumar
Abu Baba
Padmini Kolhapure
Durga
Shreeram Lagoo
Sir Mizia
Padmi Kolhapure
Durga
Madhu Malhotra
Lily
Dilip Kumar
Shamsher Singh
Mukri
Dance Organiser
Suresh Oberoi
Inspector Pratap Singh
Subhash Ghai
Director
Kanwarjeet Paintal
Muthuswamy
Gulshan Rai
Producer
Amrish Puri
Jagawar Chaudhary
Anandji Veerji Shah
Composer
Madan Puri
Khushdil Khushal Singh aka K.K.
Kalyanji Veerji Shah
Composer
Kishore Kumar
Playback Singer
Asha Bhosle
Playback Singer
Anand Bakshi
Lyricist
Sadhana Sargam
Playback Singer
Lata Mangeshkar
Playback Singer
Alka Yagnik
Playback Singer
Suresh Wadkar
Playback Singer
Akki Hemchandra
Sound
Mashkoor Chowdhry
Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 3, 1982
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 48m
Genres
Wiki.
Vidhaata (transl. Creator) is a 1982 Indian action drama film directed by Subhash Ghai and produced by Gulshan Rai under his own production company Trimurti Films. It stars Dilip Kumar, Shammi Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Padmini Kolhapure, Madan Puri, Amrish Puri, Suresh Oberoi, Sarika in pivotal roles. The film was remade in Kannada as Pithamaha, in Malayalam as Alakadalinakkare, and in Tamil as Vamsa Vilakku. Vidhaata was the highest-grossing Indian film of 1982 and the fifth highest-grossing Indian film of the decade, when adjusted for inflation, being declared a "Blockbuster" by Box office India.