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Amar Akbar Anthony

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Amar Akbar Anthony is a 1977 Indian movie about three brothers separated in childhood who grow up under three different religions.

The movie was directed by Manmohan Desai and starred three reigning superstars in Bollywood of the time, Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna and Rishi Kapoor. Their co-stars were Parveen Babi, Shabana Azmi and Neetu Singh respectively. Nirupa Roy, Pran and Jeevan provided support. The music was by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. Kishore Kumar sang for Amitabh Bachchan, while Mohammed Rafi sang for Rishi Kapoor. The soundtrack was one of Mukesh's last soundtracks with Laxmikant-Pyarelal. Anand Bakshi was the lyricist.

Amitabh won his first Filmfare Best Actor Award in this movie. Laxmikant-Pyarelal got the Best Music Director award as well.