Hero

"A musical love story of a criminal."

1983 2h 53m HI

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7.0

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6.7

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★7.0TMDB · 17★6.7IMDB · 974

Romance

Synopsis

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Hero is the story of a criminal transforming and evolving as a good person under the influence of love. Jackie is a baddie with a heart of gold though, who has to settle scores with the area's 'Thakur' and his police officer son Sanjeev Kumar. So he opts for kidnapping their soft spot, Radha, Thakur khandaan's only daughter. Radha is given to understand that Jackie and his gang are police people who have taken her away to the safety of jungles because their house has been invaded by dacoits. The rest of the story is about the gang's camaraderie with Radha in sylvan spots and the discovery of truth by Radha.

“A musical love story of a criminal.”

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Cast

Sanjeev Kumar
Damodar Mathur
Shammi Kapoor
Retd. IGP Shrikanth Mathur
Jackie Shroff
Jackie Dada / Jaikishan
Meenakshi Sheshadri
Radha Mathur
Amrish Puri
Pasha
Neeta Mehta
Uma Damodar Mathur
Madan Puri
Bharat
Bharat Bhushan
Ramu

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Subhash Ghai
Writers: Ram Kelkar, Mukta Ghai, Subhash Ghai
Languages: Hindi
Countries: India

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 173 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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ERA

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43 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Gurudutt Shirali shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Sanjeev Kumar and Shammi Kapoor and Jackie Shroff carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A musical love story of a criminal.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0123102 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 17 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Subhash Ghai directs. Gurudutt Shirali cuts. A long sit — settle in. Produced in India. Dialogue in Hindi.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 173 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
243 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Editor Gurudutt Shirali shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Sanjeev Kumar and Shammi Kapoor and Jackie Shroff carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "A musical love story of a criminal.".
7IMDB entry: tt0123102 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 17 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.