The Best Hindi Movies on Amazon Prime Video

The best Hindi-language movies on Amazon Prime Video are a mix of contemporary and nostalgic fare, and hence much less dependent on Bollywood's biggest studios of today than Netflix. Sure, the likes of Yash Raj, Dharma, Excel, Eros STX, Viacom18, and Reliance Entertainment are involved, but a chunk of the collection is thanks to legacy rights holders such as Shemaroo, Rajshri, Goldmines Telefilms, Ultra Media & Entertainment, and Venus Worldwide. Amazon doesn't have a single title on the list below that bear its name, because even as it has acquired films (Gulabo Sitabo and Shakuntala Devi) during the pandemic, they don't carry the “Amazon original” label and/or aren't good enough in the first place.

The Best Movies on Amazon Prime Video in India

Before we dive in, a tiny explainer of our methodology. To pick the best Hindi-language movies on Amazon Prime Video, we relied on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb ratings, and other critics reviews, to create a shortlist. The latter two were preferred because RT doesn't provide a complete representation of reviews for Indian films. Additionally, we used our own editorial judgement to add or remove a few. This list will be updated once every few months, if there are any worthy additions or if some movies are removed from the service, so bookmark this page and keep checking in.

Here are the best Hindi films currently available on Amazon Prime Video in India, sorted alphabetically and categorised by genre. We've divided the list by genres to help you find something that fits your mood and interests.

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Biopic Comedy Comedy-drama Crime Drama Historical drama Horror Rom-com Romantic comedy-drama Romantic drama Thriller Western

Biopic

Firaaq (2008)

Naseeruddin Shah, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Inaamulhaq, Paresh Rawal, and Deepti Naval are part of an ensemble cast for writer-director Nandita Das' directorial debut, which looks at the aftermath of the 2002 Gujarat pogrom across the socio-economic strata. Won two National Film Awards and several others on the festival circuit.

Kaala Patthar (1979)

Based on the 1975 Chasnala mining disaster, a disgraced Navy captain-turned-coal miner (Amitabh Bachchan), the engineer in-charge (Shashi Kapoor), and an escaped armed robber (Shatrughan Sinha) working at the mine become unlikely heroes after cost-cutting leads to a disaster on the mine. Yash Chopra directs, off a Salim-Javed script. Nearly three hours long.

The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002)

Ajay Devgn plays the titular socialist revolutionary and freedom fighter in writer-director Rajkumar Santoshi's biopic, which follows Singh — and later his associates, Shivaram Rajguru, Sukhdev Thapar, and Chandra Shekhar Azad — from the Jallianwala Bagh massacre to the bombing of Parliament House, which would eventually lead to their death by hanging (except Azad's). Critics generally praised it, but some did not like its treatment of Gandhi.

Poorna (2017)

Rahul Bose directed and starred in this true story of Malavath Poorna (Aditi Inamdar), a 13-year-old girl from a tribal Telugu-speaking family, who became the youngest Indian and the youngest woman in the world to climb Mount Everest. Trivia: shot in the very Telangana village that Poorna grew up in. Noted for its authenticity and realism, and the performances of Bose and Inamdar.

Comedy

Angoor (1982)

Nearly a decade and a half after the first attempt — in 1968's Do Dooni Char — tanked at the box office, Gulzar also took on directorial duties for this remake, that's ultimately based on Shakespeare's play, The Comedy of Errors. With both Sanjeev Kumar and Deven Verma in dual roles, it's the story of two pairs of twins who were separated in childhood at sea and then are reunited in adulthood, causing panic and a lot more.

Chupke Chupke (1975)

Hrishikesh Mukherjee remakes the Bengali film Chhadmabeshi, about a newly-wedded husband (Dharmendra) who decides to play pranks on his wife's (Sharmila Tagore) supposedly smart brother-in-law. Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan also star.

Gol Maal (1979)

A chartered accountant (Amol Palekar), with a knack for singing and acting, falls deep down the rabbit hole after lying to his boss that he has a twin, in this Hrishikesh Mukherjee comedy. Gave us the song “Aane Wala Pal Jaane Wala Hai”. Mukherjee turns a slapstick trope into something more meaningful, using Bollywood's love for twin characters to showcase the desperation of the middle-class in the 1970s.

Hera Pheri (2000)

Unemployed and struggling with money, a landlord and his two tenants (Paresh Rawal, Akshay Kumar, and Sunil Shetty) chance on a ransom phone call and plan to collect the ransom for themselves in this remake of the 1989 Malayalam film Ramji Rao Speaking.

Ishqiya (2010)

Naseeruddin Shah, Vidya Balan, and Arshad Warsi star in this rural Uttar Pradesh-set black comedy that follows two goons (Shah and Warsi) who decide to seek refuge with a local gangster after botching up a job, but encounter his widow (Balan) instead, who seduces them for her own machinations. Abhishek Chaubey (Udta Punjab) writes and directs.

Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983)

In this satire of politics, bureaucracy, and the media, two photographers (Naseeruddin Shah and Ravi Baswani) inadvertently capture a murder while trying to expose the rich. A Mahabharata dramatisation in the third act is a renowned highlight.

Phas Gaye Re Obama (2010)

Before the legal comedy film series Jolly LLB, writer-director Subhash Kapoor made this post-2008 financial crisis satirical comedy about a recession-hit Indian-American businessman (Rajat Kapoor) who returns home to sell off ancestral property in Uttar Pradesh but is kidnapped by recession-hit goons. Both Kapoors stand accused in the #MeToo movement; Rajat has apologised.

Comedy-drama

Ankhon Dekhi (2014)

After an eye-opening experience involving his daughter's marriage, a man in his late 50s (Sanjay Mishra) resolves that he won't believe anything he can't see, which naturally leads to some dramatic complications. Directed by Rajat Kapoor, who admitted to multiple sexual assault, harassment, and misconduct allegations levelled against him during the #MeToo movement.

Bawarchi (1972)

This remake of the 1966 Bengali film Galpa Holeo Satyi reunited the Anand trio of Rajesh Khanna, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, and Amitabh Bachchan, though the latter has a voice-only role. It's about a cook (Khanna) who offers to work in a household known for its ill-treatment of domestic help, only to become the apple of everyone's eye before disappearing with the family jewels.

Hindi Medium (2017)

A Chandni Chowk, Delhi-based couple (Irrfan Khan and Saba Qamar) struggle to get their five-year-old daughter accepted into an English-medium school, as they harbour aspirations of ushering her into the “elite” strata of Indian society. Khan and Qamar were praised for their performances, though the film was criticised for its missteps in the third act.

Lipstick Under My Burkha (2016)

Denied a release for six months by India's censor board, this black comedy centres on four women (Ratna Pathak Shah, and Konkona Sen Sharma among them) in small town India who set out on a journey to discover freedom and happiness in a conservative society.

Newton (2017)

Winner of the National Award for best Hindi film, in which Rajkummar Rao stars as a government clerk who tries to run a free and fair election in the Naxal-controlled conflict-ridden jungles of India. Compared favourably to Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro — also on this list — for its political satire riches. Also praised for being both disillusioning and hopeful.

Crime

3 Deewarein (2003)

A documentarian (Juhi Chawla) befriends three death row inmates — a lawyer and a poet (Jackie Shroff), a happy-go-lucky elder fellow (Naseeruddin Shah), and a bad-tempered man (Nagesh Kukunoor) — but her motives aren't as plain as they seem. Kukunoor also writes and directs. The film is noted for its realism, though some critics found the ending to be nonsensical.

Black Friday (2007)

Denied a release for nearly two years due to an ongoing court case, Anurag Kashyap's second directorial venture — the first has never seen the (public) light of day — is based on S. Hussain Zaidi's 2002 book of the same name and charts the events of the 1993 Bombay bombings, told through different perspectives: police, criminals, and victims.

Gangaajal (2003)

Ajay Devgn plays a senior superintendent of police who's installed in a fictitious Bihar district overrun by crime and corruption — one of the villains shares his name with corrupt and convicted Lalu Prasad Yadav's brother-in-law — and vows to breathe life into the dysfunctional police force. Prakash Jha writes and directs.

Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)

Inspired by the 2008 Tamil film Subramaniapuram, Anurag Kashyap concocts a gangster epic — divided into two parts owing to its five-hour-plus runtime — that blends politics, vengeance, and romance as it looks at the power struggles between three crime families in and around the Jharkhand city of Dhanbad, the epicentre of the coal mafia. Manoj Bajpayee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Huma Qureshi star.

Maqbool (2004)

Vishal Bhardwaj kicked off what would become his Shakespeare trilogy with this adaptation of Macbeth set in the Mumbai underworld, starring Irrfan Khan in the conflicted titular role, Tabu in the role of the ambitious Lady Macbeth, Pankaj Kapur as the king, and Om Puri and Naseeruddin Shah in the gender-flipped roles of the Weird Sisters.

Drama

Amal (2007)

After the titular poor Delhi auto-rickshaw driver (Rupinder Nagra) is named as the sole inheritor by a local eccentric billionaire (Naseeruddin Shah) just before his death, the latter's greedy family get their hands dirty to ensure the executor of the will can't locate Amal before the 30-day deadline. Feature debut for writer-director Richie Mehta.

Anand (1971)

Rajesh Khanna stars as the eponymous happy-go-lucky man, who doesn't let his diagnosis of a rare form of cancer get in the way of enjoying what's in front of him. Told from the viewpoint of his doctor friend (Amitabh Bachchan). Hrishikesh Mukherjee directs.

Ankur (1974)

In writer-director Shyam Benegal's feature-length directorial debut, a child-desiring Dalit woman (Shabana Azmi) married to a deaf-mute alcoholic potter is seduced by the village landlord's son (Anant Nag), which causes personal and societal problems. Noted for Azmi's performance, and a favourable comparison to the works of Satyajit Ray.

Chak De! India (2007)

Ostracised and vilified by the press and public, a former Muslim men's hockey captain (Shah Rukh Khan) plans to redeem himself by coaching the unpolished Indian women's hockey team to glory. Praised for its exploration of religious bigotry, ethnic prejudice, feminism, and sexism, though its narrative sticks to sports-movie conventions and clichés. Inspired by the real-life team's win at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

A Death in the Gunj (2016)

In Konkona Sen Sharma's feature-length directorial debut, a shy and sensitive Indian student (Vikrant Massey) pays a heavy price for his gentleness, while on a road trip with his conceited relatives and family friends. Ranvir Shorey, Kalki Koechlin star alongside.

Dosti (1964)

A harmonica player with a physical disability and a smart street singer who's visually impaired strike up a friendship and support each other through life in this black-and-white drama from Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi director Satyen Bose. Critics called it a tribute to the triumph of human spirit, one that holds up five decades later.

Gully Boy (2019)

An aspiring, young street rapper (Ranveer Singh) from the slums of Mumbai sets out to realise his dream, while dealing with the complications that arise out of his personal life and the socioeconomic strata to which he belongs. Zoya Akhtar directs, and Alia Bhatt stars alongside. The film has several similarities to Eminem-starrer 8 Mile, runs close to a cliché and co-opts the culture, but the soundtrack is much more thematically powerful.

I Am Kalam (2010)

Nila Madhab Panda's feature directorial debut is the story of an intelligent and impoverished boy (Harsh Mayar), who befriends the son of a once noble family, and is inspired by the life of India's late President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam — whose family was also poor in his childhood — to pursue an education. Mayar won a National Award.

Kapoor & Sons (2016)

After their grandfather (Rishi Kapoor) suffers a cardiac arrest, two estranged brothers return to their childhood home where they must deal with several more family problems. Alia Bhatt, Ratna Pathak Shah also star. Noted for being a modern-age family drama and a step forward for LGBTQ representation, though it's melodramatic at the end and relies too much on exposition.

Masoom (1983)

Shekhar Kapur's directorial debut was an uncredited adaptation of Erich Segal's 1983 novel “Man, Woman and Child”, in which the blissful life of a family is disrupted after an orphan boy — born of the husband's (Naseeruddin Shah) affair with another woman — comes to live with them. It's a real tear-jerker, mind you, and problematic in a few places. Just 15 minutes short of a three-hour runtime.

Naya Daur (1957)

In director-producer B.R. Chopra's best known and most commercially successful film, a tonga — a type of horse-carriage — driver (Dilip Kumar) becomes a poster boy for the plight of a village that's undergoing industrialisation, as he's challenged to an impossible race against the very thing that threatens their livelihood: a bus. Gave us the song “Yeh Desh Hai Veer”. Runs close to three hours.

Parched (2016)

Set in a fictionalised northwest Indian village, the story of a female quartet: a struggling widow for half her life, her close friend (Radhika Apte) mocked for her infertility and abused by her alcoholic husband, a dancer (Surveen Chawla) who performs for men at night, and a child bride. Writer-director Leena Yadav brings nuance to their institutionalised problems, and realism to their private talk.

Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962)

Based on Bimal Mitra's similarly-titled 1953 Bengali novel and set during the fall of British Raj feudalism, a part-time servant (Guru Dutt) develops a close, platonic bond with the ignored, lonely wife (Meena Kumari) of an aristocrat (Rehman). Waheeda Rehman — no relation — also stars. Critics called it sombre and praised the performances, screenplay, and the cinematography.

Siddharth (2013)

After a poor Delhi man's (Rajesh Tailang) 12-year-old son goes missing while away on work hundreds of kilometres away in Punjab, he sets out across the country to find him, fearing he's been trafficked. Second feature for director Richie Mehta. Stays away from offering up easy answers, and instead provides a terrific look at “the ugly reality” of child labour and abduction.

Thappad (2020)

A housewife's (Taapsee Pannu) seemingly perfect married life ends up in pieces after her husband slaps her during a party at their home, which makes her question and re-evaluate her life. Anubhav Sinha directs. Praised for addressing domestic violence, a topic routinely brushed under the carpet in patriarchal India, though some objected to the “easy solutions” it offered.

Titli (2014)

Set in the badlands of Delhi's underbelly, the youngest member of a violent car-jacking brotherhood tries to escape his family business, and finds an unexpected confidant in his new wife, chosen for him by his unruly brothers. Ranvir Shorey co-stars. Feature debut for writer-director Kanu Behl, whose work was immensely praised, for its character-driven nature and infusing it with hope despite the dark backdrop. Parallels were drawn to Asghar Farhadi's films.

Historical drama

Pinjar (2003)

Based on Amrita Pritam's Punjabi novel of the same name and set in the years before and after the Partition, a Hindu woman (Urmila Matondkar) returns to her Muslim kidnapper (Manoj Bajpayee) after she's disowned by her family upon escaping. Won a National Award. Praised for Bajpayee's work and its cinematography; faulted for its screenplay, pacing, and three-hour runtime. Overlong at a 188-minute runtime.

Horror

Tumbbad (2018)
While looking for a secret treasure in a village in 20th-century Maharashtra, a man and his son face the consequences of building a temple for a legendary demon who's not supposed to be worshipped in this psychological horror film.

Rom-com

Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958)

The Kumar brothers — Kishore, Ashok, and Anoop — star in director Satyen Bose's well-known rom-com, which follows three men (the Kumars) with an aversion for women, whose life changes after two of them fall in love. Madhubala co-stars. Naturally, Kishore sang on the soundtrack as well, which gave us gems such as “Ek Ladki Bheegi Bhaagi Si” and “Haal Kaisa Hai Janaab Ka”. Runs close to three hours.

Chashme Buddoor (1981)

Writer-director Sai Paranjpye followed up her National Award-winning debut feature with this buddy rom-com, in which two friends try to break up a third's budding relationship with a new girl in college after failing to woo her themselves. Praised for its spin on Bollywood conventions, by either upending them or sending them up.

Chhoti Si Baat (1976)

This remake of the 1960 British film School for Scoundrels transports the story to then-Bombay, where a meek young man (Amol Palekar) turns to life-coach Colonel (Ashok Kumar) to battle a suave, bold man for the affections of a woman. Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, and Hema Malini cameo as themselves. Basu Chatterjee directs.

Jab We Met (2007)

Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor (unrelated) star in this romantic drama from writer-director Imtiaz Ali — arguably his best work yet — in which a wealthy and depressed Mumbai industrialist (Shahid) aimlessly boards a train and meets a bubbly, talkative woman (Kareena), who forces him to accompany her back home to Punjab.

Padosan (1968)

Sunil Dutt, Saira Banu, Mehmood, and Kishore Kumar star in this remake of the 1952 Bengali film Pasher Bari, about a young man (Dutt) who falls in love with his new neighbour (Banu) and then enlists the help of his singer-actor friend (Kumar) to woo her away from her music teacher (Mehmood).

Romantic comedy-drama

Dil Chahta Hai (2001)

Farhan Akhtar's directorial debut about three inseparable childhood friends (Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, and Akshaye Khanna) whose wildly different approach to relationships creates a strain on their friendship remains a cult favourite. Preity Zinta, Dimple Kapadia co-star. Praised for its mix of humour and sincerity, and delivering a Gen-X movie for Gen-Xers.

Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015)

A video cassette store owner and an RSS volunteer (Ayushmann Khurrana) agrees to marry a plus-sized teacher-in-training (Bhumi Pednekar) under pressure from his family, and then avoids her entirely to the point of divorce. But after a court order mandates them to try and salvage their marriage, the two begin to put themselves in each other's shoes, before deciding to take part in a piggyback race. Won a National Film Award.

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)

Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, and Abhay Deol star as three childhood friends who set off on a bachelor trip across Spain, which becomes an opportunity to heal past wounds, combat their worst fears, and fall in love with life. Zoya Akhtar directs, as Katrina Kaif and Kalki Koechlin co-star. Called fresh, delightful, and aesthetically pleasing — it feels like an advert for Spain at times; faulted for its pacing, runtime, and contrived nature.

Romantic drama

Amar Prem (1972)

Sharmila Tagore and Rajesh Khanna star in this remake of the 1970 Bengali film Nishi Padma, about a woman (Tagore) who is sold into prostitution in then-Calcutta after she's abandoned by her husband, and finds a new family of sorts in a lonely businessman (Khanna) and the neighbour's son. Noted for its music — by R.D. Burman — its indictment of middle-class hypocrisy, and the humane albeit tear-jerking handling of female suffering and prostitution.

Devdas (1955)

In what is considered one of the best Hindi-language films of all time, a wealthy Bengali landowner's son (Dilip Kumar) turns into a depressed alcoholic after his family snubs their nose at marriage with his childhood sweetheart (Suchitra Sen), which drives him towards a courtesan (Chandramukhi). Bimal Roy directs what is an adaptation of Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay's 1917 eponymous novel.

Dil Se.. (1998)

Shah Rukh Khan plays a radio journalist who falls for a mysterious revolutionary (Manisha Koirala) in this third and final instalment of writer-director Mani Ratnam's thematic trilogy that depicted a love story against a political backdrop. Here, it's the insurgency of Northeast India. Also known for A.R. Rahman's work, especially the title track and “Chaiyya Chaiyya”.

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)

Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol's characters fall in love during a trip to Europe with their friends in this now iconic film — which is still playing over two decades later in a single-screen Mumbai theatre, though not during the pandemic — but face hurdles as the woman's conservative father has promised her hand in marriage to someone else. Runs over three hours, mind you.

Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959)

Guru Dutt directed and starred in what is regarded as one of the greatest films of all time, about a famous director (Dutt) who casts an unknown woman (Waheeda Rehman) in his next film, and the opposing trajectories of their careers thereon. Heavily reminiscent of A Star Is Born, originally made in 1937 and then as a musical in 1954, which itself is a remake of 1932's What Price Hollywood?.

Lakshya (2004)

Farhan Akhtar followed Dil Chahta Hai with this (overlong) coming-of-age romantic war drama about an aimless and irresponsible young Delhi man (Hrithik Roshan) who joins the Indian Army — the film was set against a fictionalised version of the 1999 Kargil War — to make his family and close ones proud of him. Amitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta co-star. Overlong with a 186-minute runtime.

Nadiya Ke Paar (1982)

Partly based on Keshav Prasad Mishra's novel Kobhar Ki Shart, and better known for its overtly-musical 1994 remake Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!, this romantic drama is the story of a married man and woman and the illicit romance that blossoms between their respective siblings.

Pyaasa (1957)

Guru Dutt directed and starred in this classic set in then-Calcutta which follows a struggling, anguished poet named Vijay (Dutt) who is unable to get recognition for his work until he meets Gulab (Waheeda Rehman), a prostitute with a heart of gold.

Sadma (1983)

Balu Mahendra remade his own 1982 Tamil film Moondram Pirai with Kamal Haasan, Sridevi, and Silk Smitha reprising their roles from the original. It's the story of a young woman (Sridevi) with retrograde amnesia who regresses to a child's mental state and ends up in a brothel, where she's rescued by a lonely school teacher (Haasan).

Veer-Zaara (2004)

Yash Chopra's penultimate directorial venture — running over three hours — is about the titular star-crossed lovers, an Indian Air Force pilot (Shah Rukh Khan) and a Pakistani politician's daughter (Preity Zinta), whose story is recounted in flashback to a Pakistani lawyer (Rani Mukerji) by the imprisoned pilot after 22 years. Commended for its secularist and feminist themes, and its portrayal of Indo-Pak relations. Runs close to 200 minutes.

Thriller

Darr (1993)

Shah Rukh Khan plays a stalker who has a crush on his college classmate (Juhi Chawla), and torments her, her family, and her boyfriend (Sunny Deol) for three hours in this romantic thriller from Yash Chopra, now considered one of his best films. Nearly three hours long.

Johnny Gaddaar (2007)

A decade before he made Andhadhun, writer-director Sriram Raghavan gave us this neo-noir thriller adapted from the 1963 French film Symphony pour un Massacre. Neil Nitin Mukesh made his acting debut alongside Dharmendra, Rimi Sen, Vinay Pathak, and Zakir Hussain — not the tabla legend, obviously.

Manorama Six Feet Under (2007)

Abhay Deol leads the cast of this neo-noir thriller that openly acknowledges its Chinatown inspiration, as it follows a public works engineer and amateur detective (Deol) who is paid by a minister's wife to collect evidence of her husband's affair, unaware that he's being used as a pawn in a larger conspiracy. Praised by critics, though audiences failed to appreciate it.

Raazi (2018)

Based on the real-life events depicted in Harinder Sikka's 2008 novel “Calling Sehmat”, Alia Bhatt stars as an undercover Kashmiri RAW agent who marries into a Pakistani military family upon her father's request, to spy on the neighbour prior to and during the 1971 Indo-Pak War. Meghna Gulzar writes and directs. Some critics found it improbable, while most were in praise of Bhatt's work.

Raman Raghav 2.0 (2016)

Nawazuddin Siddiqui stars as serial killer Ramanna — inspired by the real-life killer Raman Raghav from the 1960s — in Anurag Kashyap's neo-noir psychological thriller, as he's increasingly obsessed with a young cop named Raghavan (Vicky Kaushal). Many critics found it absorbing, but others were peeved by its misogyny and lack of female character depth.

Talaash (2012)

Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji, and Kareena Kapoor lead the cast of this psychological crime thriller, in which a police officer (Khan) must confront his past to solve a high-profile murder, which involves a sex worker (Kapoor) and his grieving wife (Mukerji). Co-written by Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti, also director. Largely praised, though some think it tries to do too much.

Trapped (2016)

Rajkummar Rao stars as a call centre employee who unintentionally locks himself in a high-rise apartment devoid of food, water, and electricity in this survival thriller from Vikramaditya Motwane. Largely praised, though some critics felt the combined talents of Rao and Motwane ought to have delivered more.

Ugly (2014)

In this thriller from writer-director Anurag Kashyap, a struggling actor (Rahul Bhat) and a policeman (Ronit Roy) look for a missing 10-year-old girl: their daughter and step-daughter, respectively. Termed as one of Kashyap's best by many, though some took issue with its routineness, flabbiness, and unearned insights.

Western

Sholay (1975)

Not many films have a level of prominence in popular Indian culture — thanks to dialogues, characters, and scenes — that is enjoyed by this fine example of “Curry Western”, which blends real-life elements with the works of Akira Kurosawa and Sergio Leone. It's also a classic example of a “masala film”, one that criss-crosses various genres, though its slapstick attempts are least successful. Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Sanjeev Kumar, and Jaya Bhaduri (now Bachchan) star.

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