Bollywood action drama, Shakti, directed by Ramesh Sippy and written by Javed Akhtar was released on September 22, 1982. The movie starred Amitabh Bachchan, Dilip Kumar and Smita Patil in lead roles while Rakhee Gulzar, Amrish puri, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Dalip tahil, Jagdish Raj, Vikas Anand, Murli Sharma, and Goga Kapoor also played significant characters in the film. The hit evergreen music of the movie was directed by ace music director Rahul Dev Burman while the songs were beautifully sung by Kishore Kumar, Mahendra kapoor, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle etc.

The movie starts with an honset cop named Ashwnini Kumar ( Dilip Kumar ), who refuse to fullfill the demands of kidnappers when his own son, Vijay Kumar ( Amitabh Bachchan ) is abducted by them. However, his son manage to escape from the custody of the kidnappers. But this one incident changes the feeling of Vijay towards his father. Years later, Vijay is now a grown up guy. He still hates his father who was willing to sacrifice his own son’s life for the sake of his principles.

Vijay always tries to do what his father does not like. Vijay takes the path of crime and soon becomes one of the biggest Mafia don of the city. Vijay meets with Roma ( Smita Patil ) and falls in love with her. He get married with her but does not informs his father about it. Problem arises when Ashwini, who is now the DCP of the city, is asked to arrest or kill Vijay anyhow.

The hit songs of the movie are:

1. Humne sanam ko khat likha
2. Jaane kaise kab kahan
3. Mangi thi ek dua
4. Ae aasmaan bata