| Hero | |
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| Directed by | Subhash Ghai |
| Produced by | Subhash Ghai |
| Written by | Mukta Ghai Subhash Ghai Ram Kelkar |
| Starring | Jackie Shroff Meenakshi Sheshadri Bindu Shakti Kapoor Shammi Kapoor Sanjeev Kumar Amrish Puri |
| Music by | Laxmikant-Pyarelal |
| Cinematography | Kamalakar Rao |
| Editing by | Waman Bhonsle Gurudutt Shirali |
| Distributed by | Mukta Arts Ltd. |
| Release date(s) | 1983 |
| Running time | 174 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Hero is a 1983 Indian Hindi film by Subhash Ghai. Jackie Shroff played the lead role, also called "Jackie", and achieved stardom overnight. Actress Meenakshi Sheshadri, who had been crowned Miss India in 1981 and played the lead female role in the film, gained popularity after this movie. The film had super-hit music by Laxmikant Pyarelal with lyrics by Anand Bakshi.
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The film starts off with Pasha (Amrish Puri) being taken to prison. To get out of the situation, he writes to his best man, Jackie (Jackie Shroff). Jackie goes to Shrikanth Mathur (Shammi Kapoor) and warns him. He then kidnaps Shrikanth's daughter Radha (Meenakshi Shesadri). He tells her that he is a police officer; they fall in love, and she finds out that he is a goon. Nevertheless, she does not leave him, but urges him to surrender. He goes and surrenders to the police, and he is imprisoned for two years. Back home, Radha tells her brother Damoder (Sanjeev Kumar) the whole truth. To keep Radha from getting married to somebody else, he calls his friend Jimmy (Shakti Kapoor) to put on a show that Radha and Johnny love each other. Johnny misunderstands and actually falls in love with Radha. When Jackie comes back, he starts working in a garage and trying to reform himself. Despite everything, Shrikanth kicks him out of his life. After many days and events that follow, Damador finds out that Jimmy is a drug smuggler. After getting released from prison, Pasha desires revenge against both Shrikanth and Jackie, so he kidnaps Radha, Shrikanth and Damoder. Jackie comes at the last moment and frees all of them. Shrikanth lets Radha marry Jackie.
The film was a hit in India, with Jackie Shroff and Meenakshi Sheshadri becoming huge stars after the release of the film. Both actors became in demand after the film's release and thus began a long association with Subhash Ghai. The younger audiences enjoyed the performances, and critics applauded Ghai for using fresh faces at a time when Amitabh Bachchan was the dominant star in Bollywood.
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