Itihaas (1987 film)

Itihaas
Directed by	Joshiy
Written by	Gyandev Agnihotri (screenplay) Krishan Dehlvi (dialogue)
Produced by	Tito Navjeevan Productions
Starring	Raaj Kumar Shabana Azmi Anil Kapoor Rati Agnihotri Mohnish Behl Suresh Oberoi Danny Denzongpa
Cinematography	Jal Mistry
Edited by	Waman Bhonsle Gurudutt Shirali
Music by	R. D. Burman
Distributed by	Navjeevan Productions
Release date	27 March 1987 (1987-03-27)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Itihaas (translated as "History") is a 1987 Hindi film directed by Joshiy, it stars Raaj Kumar, Shabana Azmi, Anil Kapoor, Rati Agnihotri, Mohnish Behl, Suresh Oberoi and Danny Denzongpa. This film was a remake of the Malayalam film Ithihasam, directed by Joshiy himself in 1981.

Synopsis[]

Joginder Singh (Raaj Kumar) is an honest and dedicated Police Commissioner. He and his wife Sunaina (Shabana Azmi) have two sons, Vijay (Anil Kapoor) and Rakesh (Mohnish Behl) and a daughter Jyoti. One day, Rakesh arrests Kalicharan (Suresh Oberoi), henchman of underworld kingpin Alexander (Danny Denzongpa). He is disturbed when he learns of Kalicharan's release after his son's appeal. As if this was not enough, Alexander himself is trapped by police and the anger against Singh reaches its climax. Alexander goes free on bail and abducts and molests Jyoti. When Singh is informed by Kalicharan's son about the tragedy, he kills a man at the scene of tragedy thinking him to be responsible.

Cast[]

• Raaj Kumar as Police Commissioner Joginder Singh
• Shabana Azmi as Sunaina Singh
• Anil Kapoor as Advocate Vijay Singh
• Rati Agnihotri as Shobha
• Mohnish Behl as Inspector Rakesh Singh
• Suresh Oberoi as Kalicharan
• Danny Denzongpa as Alexander
• Iftekhar as Senior Police Officer
• Dinesh Hingoo as Bihari
• Prema Narayan as Khursheed
• as Dancer

Music[]

External links[]

• Itihaas at IMDb

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