--- title: 'Kalyug (1981)' type: 'film' director: 'Shyam Benegal' released: '1981-07-24' runtime_minutes: 152 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'India' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/kalyug-1981' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080982/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Kalyug (1981) 1981 · 152 min · Drama · India ## Synopsis Kalyug is a 1981 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film, directed by Shyam Benegal. It is known as a modern-day adaptation of the Indian epic Mahabharat, depicting an archetypal conflict between rival business houses. Kalyug went on to win the Filmfare Award for Best Film in 1982 and was among the only three Indian films which were submitted to the Academy Awards. The film also went in Berlin International Film Festival for best screenplay and Shashi Kapoor’s phenomenal acting who played the central role of Karna in the epic film was also praised. ## Credits - **Producer:** [Shashi Kapoor](https://cinepixo.com/people/shashi-kapoor) - **Director:** [Shyam Benegal](https://cinepixo.com/people/shyam-benegal) - **Screenplay:** [Shyam Benegal](https://cinepixo.com/people/shyam-benegal) - **Original Music Composer:** [Vanraj Bhatia](https://cinepixo.com/people/vanraj-bhatia) - **Director of Photography:** [Govind Nihalani](https://cinepixo.com/people/govind-nihalani) ## Cast - [Akash Khurana](https://cinepixo.com/people/akash-khurana) - [Anant Nag](https://cinepixo.com/people/anant-nag) - [Victor Banerjee](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-banerjee) - [Rekhā](https://cinepixo.com/people/rekha) - [A. K. Hangal](https://cinepixo.com/people/a-k-hangal) - [Shashi Kapoor](https://cinepixo.com/people/shashi-kapoor) - [Supriya Pathak](https://cinepixo.com/people/supriya-pathak) - [Amrish Puri](https://cinepixo.com/people/amrish-puri) - [Kulbhushan Kharbanda](https://cinepixo.com/people/kulbhushan-kharbanda) - [Raj Babbar](https://cinepixo.com/people/raj-babbar) - [Sushma Seth](https://cinepixo.com/people/sushma-seth) - [Urmila Matondkar](https://cinepixo.com/people/urmila-matondkar) - [Reema Lagoo](https://cinepixo.com/people/reema-lagoo) - [Om Puri](https://cinepixo.com/people/om-puri) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/kalyug-1981 Film facts: Wikidata (Q6355050); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.