''Zamana'' () is a 1985 Indian

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-language film. Directed by

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, the film stars

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, and

Ranjeeta Ranjeeta Kaur (born 22 September 1956) is an Indian actress. She was trained at FTII. She has appeared in around 47 films. She has portrayed a variety of characters and her films include '' Laila Majnu'' (1976), ''Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se'' ...

, along with

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from the supporting cast. The screenplay was written by the screewriting duo of

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and

Javed Akhtar Javed Akhtar (born 1945) is an Indian screenwriter, lyricist and poet. Known for his work in Hindi cinema, he has won five National Film Awards, and received the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2007, two of India's highest civili ...

, also known as "Salim-Javed", who parted ways in 1982.

Plot

The story is about the misunderstandings that develop between the brothers Inspector Vinod Kumar (Rajesh Khanna) and Ravi Kumar (Rishi Kapoor). Their father Satish, a photographer, was murdered when Vinod was 3 years old and his mother Sudha was pregnant with Ravi. When the children grow up, Vinod becomes a police inspector and Ravi becomes a criminal working for a don named J.D. The men fall in love with the same woman, but are reconciled, and Vinod finds his father's killers and convinces his younger brother to leave the world of crime.

Cast

as Inspector Vinod Kumar *

as Ravi Kumar *

as Sheetal *

as Geeta *

as Jogeshwar Dayal "J.D." *

as Shyam *

as Satish Kumar *

Ashalata Wabgaonkar Ashalata Wabgaonkar (2 July 1941 – 22 September 2020), better known as Ashalata, was an Indian actress. Originally tracing her roots to Palolem, Goa, she was associated with the Mumbai-based Goa Hindu Association. She acted in over a hundre ...

as Sudha * Gopi Krishna as Latturam *

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as Sher Singh *

as Balwant *

Sharat Saxena Sharat Saxena (born 17 August 1950) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films along with Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil films. He has acted in more than 250 Bollywood films. Saxena started his career in the early 1970s and has mainly played ...

as Ratan *

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as Raghu *

Yunus Parvez Yunus Parvez (1931/1932 – 11 February 2007) was an Indian actor who played supporting roles in over 200 films from 1963 to the 2000s. He is best known for his roles in films like '' Garm Hava'' (1974), ''Deewaar'' (1975), '' Trishul'' (1978), ...

as train passenger who helps Sudha *

as Police Inspector *

as Sheetal's father

Soundtrack

References

External links

* 1985 films Indian buddy films Indian action drama films 1980s Hindi-language films 1980s Indian films Films scored by Usha Khanna Films with screenplays by Salim–Javed 1980s Urdu-language films 1980s action drama films Hindi-language action films Films directed by Ramesh Talwar Urdu-language Indian films {{1980s-Hindi-film-stub