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Silsila(Movie, 1981)

3h 2min | Genres: Drama, Romance / Love
SilsilaRating: 3.1/5 (with 55 votes)
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 f... ()
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About Silsila

Although orphaned at very young ages, Scriptwriter Amit and military pilot Shekhar are brothers and also very good friends. The latter is happily engaged to Shobha, while the former has just fallen in love with pretty, young Chandni. But tragedy strikes when Shekhar's plane is shot down in Kashmir. Amit feels it to be his obligation to leave the girl he loves and marry his brother's pregnant fiancée instead. But when, by an unexpected turn, Amit and the now also married Chandni meet again, their love for each other proves to be stronger than their marital vows.

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Additional Information

Production country: India
Original language: Hindi (HI)
Spoken languages: Hindi (HI)
Translated into 8 languages: English (EN), French (FR), Georgian (KA), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 07/29/1981
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"सिलसिला"
"พิษรักทำลายใจ"

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