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    Unique ID Code: 0000025165
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    Added on: 30/10/2001 22:28
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    Amar Akbar Anthony (Region Free)

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    One of Indian cinema`s classics...
    Certificate: PG
    Running Time: 176 mins
    Retail Price: $0
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    Synopsis:
    After spending much time in jail for his boss Robert (Jeevan), who had accidentally killed a pedestrian while driving, Kishanlal (Pran) comes home only to find his wife Savetri (Nirupa Roy) and his three children starving. Kishanlal then goes to confront Robert who had promised to take care of his family in return for taking his blame. But Robert fails to recognize him and insults Kishanlal.

    Not one for temper Kishanlal then attacks Robert then tries to escape in one of Robert`s car unknowingly filled with illegal gold bars. Robert commands his henchmen to get that car back and the henchman begin their car chase against Kishanlal.

    Kishanlal manages to fend them off and hurries back to his shack to pick up his children and wife. But his wife leaves a suicide note and asks Kishanlal to take care of their children. Kishanlal, in despair, then takes his children and drives off.

    While driving Robert`s henchmen spots Kishanlal and begin chasing him. Kishanlal, in fear for his children lives, quickly stops at a church and tells his eldest child to stay here with his two younger brothers. Kishanlal then begins to drive off with the henchman behind him.

    Robert`s henchman still chases Kishanlal whose car then goes down a steep ditch and blows up. The henchman presumes that Kishanlal is dead and just before they try and get the gold back the police arrives. But Kishanlal has survived and has taken the gold bars with him. When he rushes back to get his children he discovers them missing. Savetri, who is now blind, returns home to find the police informing her on the car accident. Believing her husband and children to have died in the car crash she begins to mourn.

    What happens to the three children, Savetri & her husband? Will they ever be together again?

    Special Features:
    Interactive Menus
    Scene Access

    Video Tracks:
    Standard 1.33:1

    Audio Tracks:
    Dolby Digital Mono Hindi

    Subtitle Tracks:
    English

    Directed By:
    Manmohan Desai

    Starring:
    Praveen Babi
    Neetu Singh
    Vinod Khanna
    Shabana Azmi
    Pran
    Rishi Kapoor
    Amitabh Bachchan

    Soundtrack By:
    Laxmikant Pyarelal

    Producer:
    Manmohan Desai

    Distributor:
    DEI

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