---
title: 'Shakti: The Power (2002)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Krishna Vamsi'
released: '2002-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 180
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/shakti-the-power-2002'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0331639/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Shakti: The Power (2002)

2002 · 180 min · Drama, Action · India

Original title: शक्ति

## Synopsis

Shakti: The Power is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language action film co-written and directed by Krishna Vamsi. The films Karisma Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Sanjay Kapoor in the lead roles, with Shah Rukh Khan, Deepti Naval, Ritu Shivpuri, Anupam Shyam and Prakash Raj in supporting roles. The film is a remake of the 1998 film Anthahpuram, which was based on the real-life story of Betty Mahmoody, depicted in the film Not Without My Daughter (1991) which itself was based on Betty Mahmoody's book of the same name. In the film, Shekhar and Nandini's decision to visit his ancestral house in a rural Indian town goes awry when they find themselves embroiled in a feudal gang war and try to return home to Canada. The film did not fare well commercially as expected.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Krishna Vamsi](https://cinepixo.com/people/krishna-vamsi)
- **Screenplay:** [Krishna Vamsi](https://cinepixo.com/people/krishna-vamsi)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Anu Malik](https://cinepixo.com/people/anu-malik)
- **Producer:** [Sridevi](https://cinepixo.com/people/sridevi), [Boney Kapoor](https://cinepixo.com/people/boney-kapoor)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sethu Sriram](https://cinepixo.com/people/sethu-sriram)
- **Editor:** [Shirish Kunder](https://cinepixo.com/people/shirish-kunder)

## Cast

- [Vijay Raaz](https://cinepixo.com/people/vijay-raaz)
- [Sanjay Kapoor](https://cinepixo.com/people/sanjay-kapoor)
- [Prakash Raj](https://cinepixo.com/people/prakash-raj)
- [Jaspal Bhatti](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaspal-bhatti)
- [Deepti Naval](https://cinepixo.com/people/deepti-naval)
- [Karisma Kapoor](https://cinepixo.com/people/karisma-kapoor)
- [Shah Rukh Khan](https://cinepixo.com/people/shah-rukh-khan)
- [Nana Patekar](https://cinepixo.com/people/nana-patekar)
- [Tiku Talsania](https://cinepixo.com/people/tiku-talsania)

## Criticism on CinePixo

No reviews published yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/shakti-the-power-2002
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1762413); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.