Shahenshah (1988)

Shahenshah Movie Trailer 1988

Crew

Directed by     Tinnu Anand
Produced by     Bitu Anand
Tinnu Anand
Naresh Malhotra
Written by     Inder Raj Anand
Screenplay by     Santosh Saroj
Story by     Jaya Bachchan
Starring     Amitabh Bachchan
Meenakshi Seshadri
Amrish Puri
Music by     Amar Biswas
Utpal Biswas
Cinematography     Peter Pereira
Editing by     A. Habib
Studio     Shiva Video

Cast

    Amitabh Bachchan ..... Vijay Shrivastav/Shahenshah
    Meenakshi Seshadri .... Shalu
    Amrish Puri .... J.K Verma
    Pran .... Inspector Aslam Khan
    Supriya Pathak .... Sheena (Aslam's daughter)
    Rohini Hattangadi .... Vijay's mother
    Prem Chopra .... Mathur
    Vijayendra Ghatge .... Salim (Sheena's husband)
    Jagdeep .... Tarachand Baadlani
    Yunus Parvez .... Man shot dead at Salim's funeral
    Kader Khan .... Inspector Shrivastav (special appearance) (Vijay's father)
    Murad .... Judge
    Aftab Shivdasani .... Young Vijay (child artist)
    Aruna Irani .... Shalu's Mother, J.K.'s Keep
    Praveen Kumar ... Mukhtaar Singh


Story

An underworld criminal name JK is involved in terrorism as well as criminal activities, he also intervene in government affairs and is a crook in the book. When an honest police inspector Srivastav attempts to expose JK he is framed and evidences are tampered with so he is unable to prove his innocence, an as a result he commit suicide by hanging himself leaving his wife and son behind. Years later his son grows up an become a police inspector like his dad; inspector Vijay Kumar Srivastav; but is very much different from his dad by turning a blind eye to criminal activities, never serious with his job and accept huge sums of money to let off petty crooks. The talk of the town is a man in black clothing who calls himself "Shahenshah"; he operates as a Judge in the night, giving a verdict against his victims and killing them in a Executioner style. It looks like this man will get his hands on JK before the police does and might as well ruin the image of corrupt police inspector like Vijay Kumar Srivastav.

Did you know?

1. Inder Raj Anand wrote the climax of the film in his deathbed.
2. The movie was scheduled to release on 12 February 1988, but because fans of Amitabh Bachchan could not wait his comeback, the movie was released a day early.
3. Dimple Kapadia was initially offered the role of Meenakshi Sheshadri
4. Amitabh Bachchan's metal arm accessory weighed more than 14 kilos. A trying time for the actor who suffers from Myasthenia Gravis.
5. Jackie Shroff was to play the lead role, if Amitabh Bachchan hadn't quit politics and come back to films. Jackie's costumes for the film had already been ordered, and he had begun preparing for the role.