Amitabh Kamal Rajinikanth featured together in Geraftaar
Amitabh Kamal Rajinikanth featured together in Geraftaar
It was very rare that three big stars.Notably, Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth are among the few names in the entertainment industry acknowledged for their versatile acting skills and celebrated screen presence.
While the existing film industry occasionally brings ensemble star cast in their films, it’s more common to see single-hero projects or brief cameo appearances, like in the upcoming action drama ‘Coolie’, where superstar Rajinikanth will be seen in the lead role alongside Pooja Hegde and Nagarjuna Akkineni, while Aamir Khan appears in a cameo role
For the unversed, there was a time in the Indian film industry when multiple superstars shared screen space in full-fledged roles. One such collaboration happened in the 1985 film, where Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan, and Rajinikanth came together. Interestingly, after this film, the trio never appeared together again on screen. The film was
‘Geraftaar’, a Prayag Raj directorial and was written by Kader Khan, Prayag Raj and KK Shukla. In this film, Rajinikanth made a cameo appearance as Karan’s friend, Inspector Hussein, while Amitabh Bachchan and Kamal Haasan played the roles of brothers Karan Kumar and Kishan Kumar Khanna.
Interestingly, Rajinikanth did not share screen time with Haasan because his character’s narrative ended before the brothers’ reunion, and most of his sequences were with Bachchan. It is said that this film became one of the highest-grossing movies of that year.
Regardless the film’s success and fan excitement, Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan, and Rajinikanth never appeared together on screen again after Geraftaar, mostly due to their demanding jobs in different film industries and their individual fame. Each celebrity set out on a different path; Amitabh did so in Bollywood, while Kamal and Rajinikanth flourished in Tamil cinema, focusing on films that matched their artistic and personal goals and scheduling challenges made a reunion difficult. As a result, Geraftaar remains the only film to showcase this powerful trio
‘Geraftaar’ was produced by S Ramanathan under the banner of Raam Raj Kalamandir. Besides Amitabh Bachchan and Kamal Haasan, the movie features Rajneet Bedi, Madhavi, Poonam Dhillon, Shakti Kapoor, Nirupa Roy, Rabia Amin, Aruna Irani, Om Shivpuri, Satyendra Kapoor and others in the key roles.
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