Kalyug (1981)

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Movie basic details

Current status - Released
Total runtime - 152 mins.
Release date - 05-03-1981
Release year - 1981
Genres - Drama

Overall ratings and scores for Kalyug:
Happiness Score - 6/10, World Popularity Score - 1.801/100, IMDB Score - 7.9, Metascore - N/A, Internet Movie Database - 7.9/10, .
Kalyug movie has Total Global Votes - 2, Total IMD Votes - 554

Kalyug Movie Introduction: Movie Kalyug, release year 1981 is written by Girish Karnad, Shyam Benegal, Satyadev Dubey and directed by Shyam Benegal. The leading star-cast in this movie are Shashi Kapoor, Rekha, Raj Babbar along with the other stars and crew members.

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Movie overview and plot by Anagha Shashank

Movie in-short: This movie tells story of fierce and total competition of two related business families in the days of license raaj India.The overall plot is based on Mahabharat.This movie shows that how the pursuit of self serving ideals even le...

Movie story-line: The film is tale of intrigue, plots and the inevitable war between the two families. Ramchand and Bhishamchand were two pioneering brothers in business. Bhishamchand, a lifelong bachelor brought up the two sons of Ramchand on his demise. He also gave the family business a firm foundation. Khubchand (Vinod Doshi) the elder son of Ramchand begets two sons, Dhanraj (Victor Banerjee) and Sandeepraj (Akash Khurana). Puranchand, Khubchand's younger brother had died a few years ago. His three sons are Dharamraj (Raj Babbar), Balraj (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) and Bharatraj (Anant Nag). Another player in the game is Karan (Shashi Kapoor) an orphan brought up by Bhishamchand.A series of events take place that bring the long hidden feud between the two families to light and despite Bhishamchand's efforts to mediate between the two, the situation gets out of hand and events take a tragic turn.

Movie synopsis: This movie tells story of fierce and total competition of two related business families in the days of license raaj India.The overall plot is based on Mahabharat.This movie shows that how the pursuit of self serving ideals even legitimizes killing of family members.

Highlights - Kalyug (1981)

Total budget - $0.00
Total revenue - $0.00
Produced by -
Produced in - India
Available languages - Hindi (हिन्दी),
Homepage URL -
Awards won / Nominations - 3 wins & 3 nominations
Certificate(s) -

Lead Actors, Writer(s), Director(s) of Kalyug (1981)

Lead Actors - Shashi Kapoor, Rekha, Raj Babbar
Writer(s) - Girish Karnad, Shyam Benegal, Satyadev Dubey
Director(s) - Shyam Benegal