The action thriller Samraat was released on November 12, 1982. The movie was directed by Mohan Sehgal and produced by Mohan Mohla. The top roles in the movie were played by Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Hema Malini and Zeenat Aman while the supporting roles were played by Amjad Khan, Om Shiv Puri, Kader Khan, Shashikala, Shreeram Lagoo and Satyen Kappu. The music of the film was directed by Laxmikant Kudalkar and Pyarelal while the songs were sung by Asha Bhosle, Manna Dey, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi and Shailendra Singh.

The movie Samraat was an action cum thriller film that revolved mostly around a man named Captain Chawla ( Om Shiv Puri ) who has been working in a cargo shipping company managed by Ranbir ( Amjad Khan ). The twist in the story comes when one day while celebrating the New Year, Chawla hears some gun shots. He goes to find about this more and finds that his senior officer named Gomes ( Shreeram Lagoo ) has killed a drunken sailor.

Chawla wanted to help his friend but before he could do anything, the ship named Samraat comes across an explosion and then sinks. This creates lots of problems to Chawla as Ranbir finds out that Chawla was misusing his captaincy and smuggling gold bars. Ranbir thus files a case against him. Chawla was arrested and jailed but his daughter Suman ( Zeenat Aman ) returned from England and claimed that her father was innocent so she tries her best to find the real truth behind.

The songs of the movie are:
1.    Ab Meri Bari Aayi
2.    Dil Se Duniya Ke Darr
3.    Kal Na Maana
4.    Ladki Haseen Ho
5.    Meri Jaan Tujhe Mere