Silsila (1981 film)

Silsila
Silsila
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Yash Chopra
Screenplay by	Yash Chopra; Sagar Sarhadi;
Story by	Preeti Bedi;
Produced by	Yash Chopra
Starring	Shashi Kapoor; Amitabh Bachchan; Jaya Bachchan; Rekha; Sanjeev Kumar;
Cinematography	Kay Gee
Edited by	Keshav Naidu
Music by	Songs:; Shiv–Hari; Score:; Hariprasad Chaurasia; Shivkumar Sharma
Distributed by	Yash Raj Films
Release date	14 August 1981;
Running time	160 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	₹35 million

Silsila (transl. Continuation) is a 1981 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film co-written, directed, and produced by Yash Chopra. The story revolves around the love triangle of Amit (Amitabh Bachchan), a romantic playwright, Shobha (Jaya Bachchan), his wife, and Chandni (Rekha), his former partner. Silsila follows the incidents faced by Amit and Shobha in their marriage of sacrifice and Amit's extramarital affair with Chandni. The soundtrack was composed by Shiv–Hari, with lyrics from Javed Akhtar, Hasan Kamal, Meera Dev Burman, Nida Fazli, Rajendra Krishan, and Harivansh Rai Bachchan.

Silsila attracted considerable attention from the media when it was in production due to its casting. Principal photography took place in Amsterdam, Bombay (now Mumbai), Delhi, and Kashmir from November 1980 and May 1981. The film, however, failed at the box office after releasing on 14 August 1981, grossing only ₹30 million (equivalent to ₹610 million or US$7.7 million in 2023). At the 29th Filmfare Awards, the film received nominations for Best Actor (Amitabh Bachchan), Best Actress (Jaya Bachchan), and Best Music Director (Shiv–Hari). Critically, it received negative notice for the story and the cast's performances.

^ "Silsila". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 7 February 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
^ Bisht, Renuka (19 November 2012). "A tireless hunter of happy endings". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

[1] "Silsila". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 7 February 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

[2] Bisht, Renuka (19 November 2012). "A tireless hunter of happy endings". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

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