Shakti

Shakti- The Best Bollywood Crime Drama Ever

Considered Bollywood’s greatest hits, Shakti is an amazingly gripping crime-drama Hindi film featuring a star cast. Shakti was the biggest-grossing film at the box office that same year. A classic and robust Bollywood movie featuring both the titans of Indian Bollywood. It is safe to say that this crime and drama film is considerably different from the films that were created back then.

Shakti Movie Basic Details

Shakti director Ramesh Sippy said that Amitabh Bachchan and Dilip Kumar were the perfect fit for the roles, and no one could’ve done the parts better than these jewels. Shakti movie release date was 1 October 1982 and available to stream on Zee5. Shakti’s celebrated cast included Dilip Kumar as DSP Ashwini Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan as Vijay Kumar, Anil Kapoor as Ravi Kumar, Raakhee as Sheetal, Smita Patil as Roma, and Amrish Puri as J.K. Verma. There are many other cast crew for supporting roles as well who contributed immensely to the success of this movie. The crime movie was released in Hindi and was rated U by CBFC. 

The Gripping Plot of Shakti

Shakti movie has a very impactful plot. The story is recited by DSP Ashwini (played by Dilip Kumar) about his journey as a police officer. The plot revolves around the story of how terrible and painful decisions can mold the way of life of a police officer. The movie specifies DSP Ashwini’s role as a father of a criminal and as a pillar for justice. 

The plot revolves around Vijay, a young man kidnapped by JK (played by Amrish Puri), a corrupted industrialist and drug lord. Things start to pace up when Vijay’s father, DSP Ashwini, rejects the lieu of his son over justice. Vijay starts to resent his father over this act and becomes a seasoned criminal after he escapes from JK’s clenches. As time passes, Vijay starts lobbying with the man who rescued him from JK’s clenches, Narang. Narang is now a rival of JK, and Vijay works for Narang to achieve a common objective of eliminating JK.

Things start to take a turn when JK and his henchmen kill Vijay’s mother, Sheetal (played by Rakhee Gulzar), to take a toll on Vijay for his attempt to side with Narang and eliminate JK. Infuriated by JK’s actions, Vijay decides to take matters into his hand to protect his loved one, Roma (played by Smita Patil), and avenge his mother’s death. The entire plot of Shakti rests upon DSP Ashwini’s final decision of saving his son due to a blood-bound relationship versus killing him for the murder of JK. Delivering this unique storyline and plot, director Ramesh Sippy assembled Shakti's cast, which worked brilliantly! Fans of Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan could never get tired of Shakti, that's for sure.         

Shakti Cast Performance

The Shakti cast did an excellent job pulling off the script and screenplay of the movie. Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan were nominated for the Best Actor award for Shakti movie. We can never say enough about the best villain, Amrish Puri, as JK. Shakti won 4 filmfares as well. Sheetal (Rakhee) and Roma (Smita Patil) were excellent female leads who contributed to this film’s success.

Shakti Movie Release Date on OTT

Shakti movie release date is October 1, 1982 and available to stream anytime on Zee5, an OTT platform. 

Frequently Asked Questions About Shakti Movie

Q1. What year did Shakti release?

Ans: Shakti movie was released In 1982.

Q2. Who is the lead cast of Shakti?

Ans: Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan.

Q3. Is Shakti an action movie?

Ans: Shakti is a crime drama film with many action sequences.

Q4. Was Shakti a box-office hit?

Ans: Yes, Shakti is a box-office hit film of 1982.