Mahaan
Film poster
Directed by	S. Ramanathan
Written by	M. D. Sundar
Based on	Shankar Guru (1978 film)
Produced by	Satyanarayana A. Suryanarayana
Starring	Amitabh Bachchan Waheeda Rehman Parveen Babi Zeenat Aman Ashok Kumar Amjad Khan Shakti Kapoor Kader Khan
Cinematography	A. Vincent
Music by	R. D. Burman
Production company	Satya Chitra International
Distributed by	Shemaroo Entertainment
Release date	29 April 1983 (1983-04-29)
Running time	172 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	₹4.1 crores (equivalent to ₹57 crores, or US$7.9 million in 2019)[1]

Mahaan (transl. Great) is a 1983 Hindi-language action drama film produced by Satyanarayana and Suryanarayana and directed by S. Ramanathan. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan in a triple role alongside Waheeda Rehman, Parveen Babi, Zeenat Aman, Ashok Kumar, Amjad Khan, Kader Khan, Aruna Irani, Sujit Kumar and Shakti Kapoor. The music is by R.D. Burman.The film is an official remake of the 1978 Kannada film Shankar Guru.^[2][3]

The film features popular songs like Jidhar Dekhoon Teri Tasveer Nazar Aati Hai, Pyaar Mein Dil Pe Maar De Goli and Ye Din To Aata Hai Ek Din Jawaani Mein. Amitabh Bachchan played a triple role in the film after playing double roles in several of his earlier films. This is also the only film of Amitabh Bachchan so far where he played a triple role.

Synopsis

Vikram Singh (Amjad Khan) is framed for possession of drugs but claims he was framed by a business associate named Rajan (Sujit Kumar). After release from prison, he kills Rajan and frames his former lawyer Amit (Amitabh Bachchan). Amit is forced to go on the run, while his pregnant wife Janki (Waheeda Rehman) gives birth to twin sons Guru and Shankar (Both played by Amitabh Bachchan). Unfortunately, she becomes separated from one of her sons Guru when her son is stolen by a barren couple. With her husband on the run and one son missing, Janki is forced to raise Shankar on her own. Amit thinks his wife Janki is dead so he tries to lead a normal life using the name Rana Ranveer and is living with his adopted daughter Manju (Parveen Babi). But Janki is living in another city with Shankar who has become a police inspector. Guru had been brought up by a barren couple and grows up to be a theatre actor and pursued by Rita (Zeenat Aman). Manju meets and falls in love with Shankar, unaware that he is Rana Ranveer's long lost son. At the end, their lives intertwine and all are reunited and become a family again.

The movie celebrated golden jubilee (3 shows) in South India and in rest of the India it celebrated silver jubilee (3 shows). When premiered in Sony TV in the year 2009, it earned highest TRP.

Cast

• Amitabh Bachchan as Amit (Rana Ranveer) / Inspector Shankar / Guru (Triple Role) (Father & Two Sons)
• Waheeda Rehman as Janki (Amit's Wife)
• Zeenat Aman as Rita (Guru's Love Interest)
• Parveen Babi as Manju (Shankar's Love Interest)
• Ashok Kumar as Rai Sahib (Rita's Grandfather)
• Amjad Khan as Vikram Singh
• Shakti Kapoor as Prem Singh (Vikram's Son)
• Kader Khan as Simon Sardar
• Aruna Irani as Tara
• Sujit Kumar as Rajan
• Mukri as Guru's Foster Father
• Iftekhar as Police Chief
• Urmila Bhatt as Guru's Foster Mother
• Mac Mohan as Vikram's henchman
• Pakhi as Advocate Gayatri
• Nandita Thakur as Doctor Nirmala
• Babbanlal Yadav as Drama Director (Tara's husband)
• Harish Magon as Vikram's gang member

Soundtrack

All lyrics by Anjaan.