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title: 'Amar Akbar Anthony (1977)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Manmohan Desai'
released: '1977-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 174
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/amar-akbar-anthony-1977'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075669/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Amar Akbar Anthony (1977)

1977 · 174 min · Drama, Comedy · India

Original title: अमर अकबर एन्थोनी

## Synopsis

Amar Akbar Anthony is a 1977 Indian Hindi-language masala film directed and produced by Manmohan Desai and written by Kader Khan. Released in India on 27 May 1977, the film stars an ensemble cast of Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Neetu Singh, Parveen Babi, Shabana Azmi, Nirupa Roy and Pran. The plot focuses on three brothers separated in childhood who are adopted by families of different faiths; Hinduism, Islam and Christianity. They grow up to be a police officer, a qawwali singer and the owner of a country bar, respectively. The soundtrack album was composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal and the lyrics were written by Anand Bakshi. The film 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Manmohan Desai](https://cinepixo.com/people/manmohan-desai)
- **Producer:** [Manmohan Desai](https://cinepixo.com/people/manmohan-desai)
- **Screenplay:** [Kader Khan](https://cinepixo.com/people/kader-khan), [Prayag Raj](https://cinepixo.com/people/prayag-raj)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Laxmikant-Pyarelal](https://cinepixo.com/people/laxmikant-pyarelal)

## Cast

- [Ranjeet](https://cinepixo.com/people/ranjeet)
- [Helen](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen)
- [Yusuf Khan](https://cinepixo.com/people/yusuf-khan)
- [Shabana Azmi](https://cinepixo.com/people/shabana-azmi)
- [Amitabh Bachchan](https://cinepixo.com/people/amitabh-bachchan) as Anthony Gonzalves
- [Jeevan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeevan)
- [Vinod Khanna](https://cinepixo.com/people/vinod-khanna)
- [Parveen Babi](https://cinepixo.com/people/parveen-babi)
- [Nadira](https://cinepixo.com/people/nadira)
- [Nirupa Roy](https://cinepixo.com/people/nirupa-roy)
- [Rishi Kapoor](https://cinepixo.com/people/rishi-kapoor)
- [Pran](https://cinepixo.com/people/pran)
- [Neetu Singh](https://cinepixo.com/people/neetu-singh)

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