Kalyug (1981 film)

Kalyug
Kalyug
	Film poster
Directed by	Shyam Benegal
Written by	Shyam Benegal; Satyadev Dubey; Girish Karnad
Based on	Mahabharata ; by Vyasa
Produced by	Shashi Kapoor
Starring	Shashi Kapoor; Rekha; Raj Babbar; Anant Nag
Cinematography	Govind Nihalani
Edited by	Bhanudas Divakar
Music by	Vanraj Bhatia
Distributed by	Film-Valas
Release date	24 July 1981;
Running time	152 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Kalyug (Age of vice) 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.

Shashi Kapoor, Rekha, Anant Nag, Raj Babbar, Supriya Pathak, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Sushma Seth, Akash Khurana, Victor Bannerjee, Reema Lagoo, and A.K. Hangal played major roles and Urmila Matondkar appeared as a child artist.^[1] The film had its world premiere at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival.^[2] on 21 July 1981 and was released theatrically in India on 24 July 1981.

^ Kahlon, Sukhpreet. "Revisiting Kalyug (1981): An intense inter-generational film reconfigured for modern times". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
^ "12th Moscow International Film Festival (1981)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.

[1] Kahlon, Sukhpreet. "Revisiting Kalyug (1981): An intense inter-generational film reconfigured for modern times". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.

[Moscow1981-2] "12th Moscow International Film Festival (1981)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.

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