Mahaan (1983 film)

Mahaan
Film poster
Directed byS. Ramanathan
Written byM. D. Sundar
Based onShankar Guru (1978) by V. Somashekhar
Produced bySatyanarayana
A. Suryanarayana
StarringAmitabh Bachchan
Waheeda Rehman
Parveen Babi
Zeenat Aman
Ashok Kumar
Amjad Khan
Shakti Kapoor
Kader Khan
CinematographyA. Vincent
Music byR. D. Burman
Production
company
Satya Chitra International
Distributed byShemaroo Entertainment
Release date
  • 29 April 1983 (1983-04-29)
Running time
172 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office10 crores (equivalent to 135 crores, or US$77.9 million in 2019)

Mahaan (transl.Great) is a 1983 Hindi-language action thriller 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.

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 where Amitabh Bachchan has played a triple role.

The film celebrated a golden jubilee in South India and in rest of the India it celebrated silver jubilee.