Mashaal

Mashaal
Poster
Directed by	Yash Chopra
Written by	Javed Akhtar
Story by	Adaptation: Javed Akhtar Original: Vasant Kanetkar
Based on	Ashroonchi Zhali Phule by Vasant Kanetkar
Produced by	Yash Chopra
Starring	Dilip Kumar Waheeda Rehman Anil Kapoor Rati Agnihotri Gulshan Grover Saeed Jaffrey Alok Nath Amrish Puri
Cinematography	Santosh Sivan
Music by	Hridaynath Mangeshkar
Production company	Yash Raj Films
Distributed by	Yash Raj Films
Release date	9 February 1984 (1984-02-09)
Running time	170 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹29 million[1]
Box office	₹25 million[1]

Mashaal (lit. 'Torch') is a 1984 Bollywood action film. Produced and directed by Yash Chopra, it starred Dilip Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Anil Kapoor and Rati Agnihotri.^[2][3] The role played by Anil Kapoor was first offered to Amitabh Bachchan and then to Kamal Haasan,^[4] but after they declined the offer, the role went to Anil Kapoor. Vinod Kumar (Dilip Kumar) plays a respected, law-abiding citizen who turns to crime for exacting revenge. The movie was based on the Marathi play Ashroonchi Zhali Phule written by Marathi writer Vasant Kanetkar.^[5] The movie was remade in Malayalam as Ithile Iniyum Varu with Mamooty playing the lead role.