---
title: 'Shakti (1982)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ramesh Sippy'
released: '1982-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 167
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/shakti-1982'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084667/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Shakti (1982)

1982 · 167 min · Drama, Action · India

Original title: शक्ति

## Synopsis

Shakti (transl. Strength) is a 1982 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film, directed by Ramesh Sippy, written by the Salim–Javed duo, and produced by Mushir-Riaz. It stars Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Rakhee Gulzar, Smita Patil, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Amrish Puri. Shakti was notable for being the first and only film to feature veteran actors Kumar and Bachchan together on screen. Considered to be one of the greatest films in the history of Indian cinema, it went on to win four Filmfare Awards, for Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Sound Editing, and Best Actor for Kumar. It was inspired by the Tamil film Thangappathakkam.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ramesh Sippy](https://cinepixo.com/people/ramesh-sippy)
- **Screenplay:** [Javed Akhtar](https://cinepixo.com/people/javed-akhtar)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Rahul Dev Burman](https://cinepixo.com/people/rahul-dev-burman)
- **Editor:** [M. S. Shinde](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-s-shinde)

## Cast

- [Anil Kapoor](https://cinepixo.com/people/anil-kapoor)
- [Rakhee Gulzar](https://cinepixo.com/people/rakhee-gulzar)
- [Smita Patil](https://cinepixo.com/people/smita-patil)
- [Dilip Kumar](https://cinepixo.com/people/dilip-kumar)
- [Kulbhushan Kharbanda](https://cinepixo.com/people/kulbhushan-kharbanda)
- [Amitabh Bachchan](https://cinepixo.com/people/amitabh-bachchan)
- [Amrish Puri](https://cinepixo.com/people/amrish-puri)

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