Nastik (1983 film)

Nastik
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Pramod Chakravorty
Written by	Sachin Bhowmick
Produced by	Vinod Doshi
Starring	Amitabh Bachchan Hema Malini Pran
Cinematography	V. K. Murthy
Edited by	Narendra Arora
Music by	Kalyanji Anandji
Release date	18 February 1983 (1983-02-18)
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	₹4.5 crores(equivalent to ₹62 crores or US$8.7 million) [1]

Nastik (transl. Atheist) is a 1983 Indian Hindi-language action drama film produced by Vinod Doshi and directed by Pramod Chakravorty. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Pran, Deven Verma, Sarika, Amjad Khan, Aruna Irani, Madan Puri, Bhagwan Dada, Nalini Jaywant, Rita Bhaduri, Lalita Pawar, Bob Christo and Tom Alter. The soundtrack was scored and composed by Kalyanji Anandji and the songs were written by Anand Bakshi. It was the last film to pair Bachchan and Malini before they made a comeback 20 years later in Baghban (2003).

Plot[]

Shankar's (Amitabh Bachchan) father, who is a village temple priest is murdered by Tiger (Amjad Khan). His mother and sister are torched in their house. After his father, mother and sister are killed, Shankar decides to bring justice by himself and goes to the palace of Tiger. Instead of killing Tiger, Shankar blinds him. Shankar blames God for doing nothing and grows up as a Nastik (atheist). Shankar flees to the city and becomes a thief. He joins forces with Balbir (Pran) and Gauri (Hema Malini). At one time, he is shot by Tiger for stealing his goods. In an attempt to hide, he finds his mother, who he thought was dead in the fire. In a rude awakening, he decides to stop stealing and join with his long lost family. Incidentally, Balbir saves Shankar's sister Shanti (Rita Bhaduri), who is chased by Tiger's men when she goes outside to bring medicine for her mother. Shankar reunites with his long lost mother and sister. Shankar finds out from his sister that the enemy who he thought had killed, is actually alive. He decides to finish him off once and for all.

Cast[]

• Amitabh Bachchan as Shankar
• Hema Malini as Gauri
• Raju Shrestha as adolescent Shankar
• Sarika as Mala (Tiger's sister)
• Pran as Balbir
• Amjad Khan as Tiger
• Nalini Jaywant as Shankar's mother
• Bharat Bhushan as Pujari (Shankar's Father)
• Deven Verma as Gayaprasad
• Jayshree T. as Laxmi (Gayaprasad's wife)
• Rita Bhaduri as Shanti (Shankar's sister)
• Viju Khote as Munim Ji
• Lalita Pawar
• as Balbir Sister
• Tom Alter as Mr.John
• Madan Puri as Ganga Ram ( Sub Inspector )

Soundtrack[]

Sources[]

External links[]

• Nastik at IMDb

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