''Shankara'' is a 1991 Indian

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". The in ...

film directed by Sudarshan Nag and produced by D. Tann. It stars

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol (born 19 October 1957), better known as Sunny Deol, is an Indian actor, film director, producer, and politician. One of the highest grossing actors of Indian cinema, he has worked in Sunny Deol filmography, more than 100 Hindi ...

and

Neelam Kothari Neelam Kothari Soni (née Kothari; born 9 November 1969), known mononymously as Neelam, is an Indian actress who worked in Hindi films. She made her acting debut with '' Jawaani'' (1984), followed it in various films opposite Govinda such as '' ...

. It is a remake of

Shibu Mitra Shibu Mitra is an Indian film director and producer. His career spans more than 40 feature films in Bollywood, and his movies were particularly popular in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, the most successful among them being '' Shankar D ...

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

film ''

Badnam (English language, English: Infamous) (Bengali language, Bengali: বদনাম) is a 1990 Bengali language, Bengali action Film, action drama film directed by Shibu Mitra and produced by Ms. Rupanjali. The film stars Prosenjit Chatterjee, ...

'' (1990) starring

Prosenjit Chatterjee Prosenjit Chatterjee (born 30 September 1962) is an Indian actor and producer. He is widely regarded as one of the leading actors of modern Bengali cinema. He predominantly works in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. He is the son of Bollyw ...

, in which both Deol and Neelam starred.

Cast

as Shankar "Shankara" * Neelam as Seema *

Sulabha Deshpande Sulabha Deshpande (; 1937 – 4 June 2016) was an Indian actress and theatre director. Apart from Marathi theatre and Hindi theatre in Mumbai, she acted in over 73 mainstream Bollywood films. She also performed in art house cinema such as '' Bh ...

as Shankar's Mother *

Shakti Kapoor Shakti Kapoor (born Sunil Kapoor; 3 September 1952) is an Indian actor and comedian who appears in Bollywood films. Known for his villainous and comic roles in Hindi films, he has featured in over 700 films. In the 1980s and 1990s, Kapoor team ...

as Popatlal *

Paresh Rawal Paresh Rawal (born 30 May 1955) is an Indian actor, comedian, film producer and politician known for his works primarily in Hindi cinema, Hindi films. He has Paresh Rawal filmography, appeared in over 240 films and is the recipient of various L ...

as Diwan *

Kiran Kumar Kiran Kumar (born Deepak Dhar; 20 October 1953) is an Indian screen and theatre actor. He has worked in numerous Hindi, Bhojpuri and Gujarati television and film productions. His latest work in drama is ''Charlie 2''. Personal life Kumar come ...

as Kehar Singh *

Rajesh Puri Rajesh Puri is an Indian television actor. He acted in comedy serials like '' Yeh Duniya Gazab Ki''. Rajesh also acted in a DD1 serial Aamrapali (TV serial) in 2002. He is also identified as Lalit Prasad (a.k.a. Lalloo) of Hum Log, the Televis ...

as Munshi

Songs

#"Jaana Na Nain Milake" -

Mohammed Aziz Mohammed Aziz (born as Syed Mohammed Aziz-Un-Nabi; 2 July 1954 – 27 November 2018), also known as Munna, was an Indian multilingual playback singer who primarily sang for the Bollywood, Odia films, Bengali. He sang about twenty thousand son ...

Alka Yagnik Alka Yagnik (born 20 March 1966) is an Indian playback singer who works predominantly in Hindi cinema. One of the most prominent singers of 1990s era Bollywood, she has received several accolades, including two National Film Awards, two Ben ...

#"Apna Banake Sapna Dikhake" -

Anuradha Paudwal Anuradha Paudwal (born 27 October 1954) is an Indian playback singer and politician who works predominantly in Hindi cinema and Odia cinema. She has been described in media as one of the most prominent Bhajan singers and also as one of the m ...

#"Apna Banake Sapna Dikhake" - Anuradha Paudwal #"Behna O Behna" (Sad) - Anuradha Paudwal, Mohammed Aziz #"Behnaa O Behnaa" - Anuradha Paudwal, Mohammed Aziz #"Hum Premi Mastane" -

Sudesh Bhosle Sudesh Bhosale (born 1 July 1960) is an Indian playback singer who primarily sings for Marathi and Bollywood films. Bhosale is known for his ability to mimic actor Amitabh Bachchan, having sung for him in various films. Career Bhosale was bo ...

, Mohammed Aziz, Alka Yagnik

External links

* 1990s Hindi-language films 1990s Indian films 1991 films Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal Indian action drama films 1991 action drama films Hindi-language action drama films Hindi remakes of Bengali films {{1990s-Hindi-film-stub