Kranti
- 1981
- 3h 8m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
1.2K
YOUR RATING
Sanga, a devout employee of Raja Laxman Singh, is falsely accused of killing him. He escapes prison and forms a group of revolutionaries with the sole aim of driving the British out of India... Read allSanga, a devout employee of Raja Laxman Singh, is falsely accused of killing him. He escapes prison and forms a group of revolutionaries with the sole aim of driving the British out of India.Sanga, a devout employee of Raja Laxman Singh, is falsely accused of killing him. He escapes prison and forms a group of revolutionaries with the sole aim of driving the British out of India.
Sarika Thakur
- Sheetal
- (as Sarika)
Shashikala Jawalkar
- Charumati (Shakti's Adopted Mother)
- (as Shashikala)
Sulochana Latkar
- Rama (lady found child in the water)
- (as Sulochana)
Kanwarjeet Paintal
- Bharat's Kranti Group Member
- (as Paintal)
Paidi Jairaj
- Maharaj Laxman Singh
- (as Jairaj)
Featured reviews
I saw this movie recently as I am on dilip kumar movie list ... All I felt was the quality of prints are bit roughed up..... Rest this movies haa still no match .... Particular kranti .... It's purely cinematic engagement... Too much fiction.. too much of drama and un scientific logics but so convincing performance that you really don't care ... Great cast assembling great charactes... One sud not dare to remake such movie as today we won't find a match of such great actors we lack that talent now ... No one has that real life persona or reel life talent ... Good movie ...
A near 3 hour melodrama with aging actors playing young men, a messed up storyline, and then we have Indian actors wearing blonde wigs and makeup to play Britishers. How this movie became a blockbuster is beyond me. It has to rank among the most overrated Bollywood movies of all time.
Kranti is a historical drama film directed by Manoj Kumar It stars an ensemble cast of Late Dilip Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Late Shashi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Hema Malini, Late Parveen Babi and Prem Chopra.
Sanga forms a group of revolutionaries with the sole aim of driving the British out of India.
Kranti which was a rage upon it's release may be an outdated or over the top film but considering the time the film was released the film can indeed be called as a superb creation if not masterpiece and is now considered as cult classic of Indian cinema. The film indeed has some drawbacks particularly it's sleazy editing which breaks the continuity, the length of the film and the slow screenplay but still the film can be considered as a guilty pleasure for many.
The plot of the film consists of typical 80s plot with revenge, lost and found and off course patriotism and is been executed decently. The acting is good and almost all the characters were impressive and played their part superbly. Music of the film is superb and many of the songs are still very popular.
Despite of some flaws, lazy editing and length I would still recommend to watch the film and see one of the magnum opus of Indian Cinema consisting of many legendary star cast together.
Sanga forms a group of revolutionaries with the sole aim of driving the British out of India.
Kranti which was a rage upon it's release may be an outdated or over the top film but considering the time the film was released the film can indeed be called as a superb creation if not masterpiece and is now considered as cult classic of Indian cinema. The film indeed has some drawbacks particularly it's sleazy editing which breaks the continuity, the length of the film and the slow screenplay but still the film can be considered as a guilty pleasure for many.
The plot of the film consists of typical 80s plot with revenge, lost and found and off course patriotism and is been executed decently. The acting is good and almost all the characters were impressive and played their part superbly. Music of the film is superb and many of the songs are still very popular.
Despite of some flaws, lazy editing and length I would still recommend to watch the film and see one of the magnum opus of Indian Cinema consisting of many legendary star cast together.
This movie along with Roti, Kapada aur Makaan is amogst Manoj Kumars best ever! The script by Salim Javed, the music by Laxmikant Pyarelaal, the direction by Manoj Kumar himself and all of the actors (Manoj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Shatrughan Sinha, Hema Malini, Parveen Babi, Dheeraj Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, Prem Chopra, Kunal Goswami, Sulochna and Kamini Kaushal amongst others) are perfect. A lost and found styory set during the independence struggle it just doesn't get better than this. Manoj is really Bharat! Detail : Kamini Kaushal who has been Manoj his screen mom in all the films Manoj made was also in this movie but not as his mom. That role went to Nirupa Roy. And the reason was that Dilip Kumar was playing the role of Manoj his father (the two of them were the leading men in Aadmi also, both in love with Waheeda Rehmaan), and Dilip and Kamini Kaushal had an affair 20 to 30 years before this movie that did not end well. Actually it caused quite a riot in its day because she was a hindu and he a Muslim. Back to the film, all the songs are gems but the best of the lot is Lata and Nitin Mukesh's (father of Neil Nitin Mukesh) Zindagi Ki Na Toote Ladi, Pyaar Karle Ghadi Do Ghadi
I just forgotten this film and just listened to the song and started crying 😭 God where did the old Bollywood went
Did you know
- TriviaOn the day of her marriage Hema Malini refused to shoot for Kranti. Hema shot for Razia Sultan in the morning and then sent the message to Manoj Kumar's unit that she was ill and did not want to shoot. The real reason Hema did this was because she was required to wear a white saree for a scene. The saree represented her being a widow. She did not want to do that scene on her wedding day . When Manoj Kumar later found out the real reason for her not reporting to the sets , he had a good laugh and call to wish Dharmendra on his wedding .
- Alternate versionsA scene from near the end of the movie Dilip Kumar's charactor Sanga catches fire while pulling a cart trying to save Minakshi. This scene was cut from the video version.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Sharaabi (1984)
- SoundtracksZindagi Ki Na Toote Ladi
Lyrics by Santosh Anand
Music by Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar & Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma
Performed by Lata Mangeshkar & Nitin Mukesh
- How long is Kranti?Powered by Alexa
Details
- Runtime3 hours 8 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content