It is also revealed that Kishanlal also took in Robert's daughter Jenny as his niece and sent her abroad for college, and that she has returned after graduating.Īs the story unfolds, each of the three sons finds themselves falling in love. In the meantime, Kishanlal is now a wealthy crime lord as he used the smuggled gold to form his own crime syndicate and relied on his connections to destroy Robert's business before forcing a penniless Robert to work for him. The three met each other while donating blood for a hit-and-run victim, unaware that the blind recipient is Bharati, who is now selling flowers. The eldest son became a Hindu policeman named Inspector Amar Khanna, the youngest son became a Muslim qawwali singer named Akbar Ilahabadi, and the middle-born son became a Christian licensed liquor seller named Anthony Gonsalves. Having seemingly lost his dear family, Kishanlal angrily swears vengeance on Robert.Ģ2 years later in 1977, the sons have grown up. Bharati is distraught to hear from the police that Kishanlal and the boys died from the car crash. In the meantime, Bharati is struck by a falling branch following her suicide attempt and loses her eye sight. Ilahabadi, and one by a Christian priest named Father Gonsalves. However, each of the sons are found and adopted: one by a Hindu policeman named Superintendent Khanna, one by a Muslim tailor named Mr. Before his return with the smuggled gold, Kishanlal is distraught to learn that his sons are gone. In an inflamed car crash, Kishanlal is presumed dead by the mobsters and the police, but actually survives. Kishanlal then takes his sons and leaves them at the foot of Mahatma Gandhi statue in Borivali Park and tells them to wait and that he would return, while he drives off to draw away Robert's henchmen. Kishanlal returns home to find his sons abandoned by Bharati, who had left a suicide note. However, Kishanlal escapes in one of Robert's cars loaded with smuggled gold bullion. Kishanlal seeks help from Robert, who instead humiliates him and orders his henchmen to kill him. Despite Robert's assurance that his family's welfare will be looked after, Kishanlal learned that Robert did not lift even a finger for the man's family as his wife Bharati is suffering from tuberculosis while his three sons are starving. In Mumbai, on 15 August 1955, a chauffeur named Kishanlal is released from prison after taking the blame for a fatal hit-and-run accident committed by his employer, the notorious crime boss Robert. ( December 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed.
In Pakistan, the film was unofficially remade in Punjabi as Akbar Amar Anthony (1978). It was later remade in Tamil as Shankar Salim Simon (1978), in Telugu as Ram Robert Rahim (1980), and in Malayalam as John Jaffer Janardhanan (1982). It won several awards at 25th Filmfare Awards, including Best Actor, Best Music Director and Best Editing.
Amar Akbar Anthony also had a lasting impact on pop culture, with its catchy songs, quotable one-liners, and the character of Anthony Gonsalves (played by Bachchan). Religious tolerance became a landmark theme in Bollywood masala films, building on the masala formula pioneered several years earlier with Nasir Hussain's Yaadon Ki Baaraat (1973).
The film was released on and earned ₹155 million at the Indian box office, becoming the highest-grossing Indian film of that year, alongside Dharam Veer and Hum Kisise Kum Naheen. The soundtrack album was composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal and the lyrics were written by Anand Bakshi. They grow up to be a policeman, a qawwali singer, and an owner of a country liquor bar, respectively. The plot focuses on three brothers who are separated in childhood and adopted by three families of different faiths- Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity. The film stars Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan opposite Shabana Azmi, Neetu Singh and Parveen Babi are in the lead roles. Amar Akbar Anthony is a 7 January 1977 Indian Hindi- language masala film directed and produced by Manmohan Desai, and written by Kader Khan.
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