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RUNTIME
Did you know
At 210 minutes, this is a three-hour-plus commitment — longer than 95% of films ever made.
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Hoshiyar
1989 3h 30m EL
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9.0
MASTERPIECE
★9.0TMDB · 1
ActionAdventureDrama
Synopsis
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Two brothers, separated in their youth, grow up to be a singer and an assassin, with the latter being hired to kill the former. Jeetendra, Shatrughan Sinha. Directed by K. Raghavendra Rao.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Nikos Dadinopoulos
Kostas
Vana Barba
Fani
Dimitris Tzoumakis
Apostolos
Sasa Kastoura
Dora
Johnny Theodoridis
Stefanos
Anthi Gounari
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Kostas Karagiannis
- Writers
- Nikos Epitropakis, Kostas Karagiannis
- Languages
- Greek, Hindi
- Countries
- India
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The take
Kostas Karagiannis directs. A long sit — settle in. Produced in India. Dialogue in Greek, Hindi.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1At 210 minutes, this is a three-hour-plus commitment — longer than 95% of films ever made.
- 237 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Greek, Hindi.
- 4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 5Nikos Dadinopoulos and Vana Barba and Dimitris Tzoumakis carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0427064 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 210 min · 3h 30m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EL
- IMDB
- Hoshiyar (1989)
Also by
Kostas Karagiannis
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1989-01-01
